Group trapped in tower lift freed
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Ten people trapped in a lift at the Glasgow Science Tower are rescued by fire crews.
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CAIRO, Egypt An Egyptian company says one of its four workers who had been kidnapped in Iraq has been freed. It says it can&#39;t give the status of the others being held hostage but says it is &quot;doing its best to secure&quot; their release.
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Three people trapped after seating  collapsed at a Christian festival near Lincoln are freed by rescuers.
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An inquiry is launched into what caused a lift to jam at the Glasgow Science Tower, trapping 10 people.
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Three international workers held hostage in Afghanistan&#39;s capital, Kabul, for almost a month were freed today, the United Nations said.
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A two-person Apache helicopter crew staged a dramatic rescue Monday, ferrying two of their comrades out of a combat zone south of Baghdad, military officials said Tuesday.
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Italian football clubs have celebrated the release of the two Italian aid workers who were held hostage in Iraq for three weeks. Simone Pari and Simone Torretta returned to Rome on Tuesday evening after being set free by their captors.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held hostage  in Afghanistan were freed unharmed on Tuesday, almost four  weeks after their abduction at gunpoint on a Kabul street  raised fears of a wave of Iraq-style kidnappings.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Two armed hijackers have surrendered and released their hostages, 18 hours after seizing a bus near Athens, Greece.
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Ten members of an Afghan mine clearing team kidnapped last week have been released, officials say.
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A group of schoolchildren is rescued after being stranded in the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland.
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Firefighters rescue a young couple trapped on the balcony of their flat during a blaze in west Belfast.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan have been freed unharmed, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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Fifty-seven people were airlifted to safety last night after a series of landslides caused by torrential rainstorms trapped them in their vehicles in the Lochearnhead area, north of Stirling in central Scotland.
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A man trapped overnight inside a partially collapsed building in central London was rescued Wednesday and taken to hospital after hours of efforts to free him.
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More than 100 motorists are rescued from snowdrifts on the A66 transpennine route in County Durham.
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Three UN workers released after being held hostage in Afghanistan speak of their joy at being freed.