Kidnappers treat &quot;well with a lot of respect&quot; during captivity
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ROME, Sept 29 :One of two Italian women released after three weeks captivity in Iraq said she was ready to go back to the war-wracked country to continue her aid work, and told of being given sweets by her kidnappers as a farewell gift.
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Three UN hostages seized by militants in Afghanistan have appeared in a video shown by the Arabic television channel al-Jazeera. The three seemed in good health in the video, in which their kidnappers called
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 20, 2004  A Western journalist who had been kidnapped by militants and threatened with death if US forces did not withdraw from the holy city of Najaf said his captors were treating him well, according to a video broadcast on the ...
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Many Koreans, while relieved, express concerns about charges that a ransom was paid.
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By Ma Lie  XI'AN: After five days of living like monkeys, six volunteers emerged from captivity on Monday, each with a better sense of what it means to be human.
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PETER CAVE: There&#39;s also been some good news out of Iraq today. Two French journalists held hostage there for four months have been freed.
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Hopes of a swift end to the French  hostage crisis rose early Friday, after the Le Figaro newspaper  that employs one of the two captives said the men were now  being held by Iraqi guerrillas willing to negotiate their  release.
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Three United Nations hostages were freed in Afghanistan unharmed and healthy after almost four weeks in captivity amid conflicting claims over whether the government promised to free Taliban prisoners in exchange for their release.
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Natascha Kampusch, the Austrian woman   kidnapped at the age of 10 and held captive for eight years,   says she is recovering from her ordeal and is ready to face the   outside world.
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BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston said in an Internet video issued by his captors on Friday that they had treated him well.
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Italians celebrated the freedom Wednesday of two women aid workers held captive in Iraq for three weeks, but the nationwide joy was diluted by questions about whether a ransom was paid, a capitulation to ...
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FAMILY and friends of the murdered Iraq hostage Ken Bigley gathered to remember him yesterday in a dignified ceremony that rose above the harsh words that had surrounded his capture and death.
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One rescued hostage details what happened during the 53-hour ordeal.
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A Polish woman hostage abducted in Iraq more than three weeks ago was back home after being released by her captors who she said had treated her well.
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THREE United Nations workers held hostage in Afghanistan for almost four weeks yesterday spoke for the first time about their ordeal and said they had been sustained by thoughts of their friends and family.
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The drama of foreign oil workers kidnapped for ransom in restive southern Nigeria plays out so often that it seems the hostage takers, the oil giants and the army follow a script &#151; one that usually ends peacefully with the captives released unharmed.
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One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they wouldn't die. While the women rested with their families after a joyous reunion, questions were raised whether a &#36;1 million ransom had been paid to secure their freedom.