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The hostages arrived in Kuwait last evening, according to a Government statement quoting its special envoy on the hostage crisis, Ambassador Yusuf Nzibo.
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Two armed men who hijacked a bus carrying two dozen passengers in Athens yesterday, and threatened to blow it up freed their remaining hostages last night and surrendered to police.
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A group of Iraqi militants has kidnapped a Jordanian truck driver and threatened to kill him unless his employer pulls out of Iraq within 48 hours, reported the Qatar-based al-Jazeera television on Tuesday.
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The last two Egyptian workers of an Egyptian telecom company kidnapped earlier this month in Iraq were released, Dubai-based Al Arabiya television said on Tuesday.
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FALLUJAH, Iraq Iraqi officials say Fallujah is now freed from militants, but US military officials say it could take several days to clear the final pockets of insurgents.
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Militants filed out of the Imam Ali Mosque, closed the doors behind them and turned over the keys to Iraq s top Shiite cleric Friday, symbolizing their acceptance of a peace deal to end three weeks of fighting ...
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The three Indian truckers held hostage in Iraq for over 42 days were released yesterday and will be back in India on Friday morning.
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Two Iraqi security guards said on Tuesday they were freed by kidnappers overnight but that the gunmen were still holding an American and a Nepali also seized from a villa used by a Saudi company in Baghdad.
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Insurgents holding eight Chinese laborers hostage in Iraq said on Saturday they were releasing the men, locals who saw a videotape circulated by the kidnappers said.
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After four and a half inconclusive years of fighting, British forces during the night slipped out of their last base in the Iraqi oil port of Basra, handing control on Monday to their Iraqi comrades.
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An American engineer and his Nigerian driver, who were taken hostage in Nigeria's Delta region, are freed.
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The fate of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq remained unclear last night as a deadline passed with no word on their fate, while an Iraqi militant group said it had freed seven truck drivers seized more than a month ago.
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Three Indian truck drivers taken hostage by Iraqi militants have been released, Al Arabia news channel said on Wednesday. The truckers&#39; employers, Kuwait-Gulf Link company, confirmed the development.
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NEW DELHI, 4 September 2004 - Three Indian truck drivers freed after six weeks in captivity in Iraq were greeted by cheering crowds and tearful relatives at their villages.
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A Kuwaiti company with seven truck drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been freed by their captors.
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Two armed men who hijacked a public bus and threatened to blow it up surrendered just after midnight Wednesday and released their six remaining hostages, ending an 18-hour standoff.
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Two Turkish hostages were freed by Iraqi militants Sunday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said, less than a week after the men's employers said they were ending operations in Iraq to save the lives of their employees.