Somali kidnappers free Argentine, Spanish aid staff
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - Kidnappers in Somalia's northern Puntland region on Wednesday freed two female aid workers from the Spanish branch of Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF), Puntland's trade minister said.
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Three workers of the United Nations kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed Tuesday, a day after a string of raids by US and Afghan security forces.
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Somali gunmen seized the acting Libyan ambassador and a colleague while they shopped in Mogadishu's busy Bakara market on Saturday but freed them hours later, embassy staff said.
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More than 100 fighters belonging to an armed nationalist group that seized a remote Peruvian police station and took officers and soldiers hostage surrendered to authorities Tuesday and freed their 17 captives, officials said.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - Security forces pursued Somali kidnappers into a mountainous hideout on Wednesday hours after they abducted a Spanish and an Argentine aid worker from the medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF).
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Two Iraqis abducted along with two Italian female aid workers in Baghdad have been freed along with the women, a spokesman for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
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A group of 24 Filipino hostages kidnapped more than three weeks ago have been freed, a spokesman for Baco-Liner, their employer, said Tuesday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - Local security forces fought and surrounded Somali kidnappers on Wednesday hours after they abducted a Spanish and an Argentine aid worker with the medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF).
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Pro-Taleban rebels free six Pakistani soldiers from among scores being held hostage, officials say.
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Description: Two Italian aid workers are released by their captors after being kidnapped and held hostage for three weeks. The women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were handed over to the Red Cross
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Four pirates, who are part of the gang that hijacked a food aid ship in Somalia, have been arrested, aid officials say.
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Three U.N. workers kidnapped in Afghanistan four weeks ago were released unharmed Tuesday, a day after a string of raids by U.S. and Afghan security forces.
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The Taliban released three Afghan aid workers Sunday who were kidnapped with two French colleagues nearly two months ago, as the militant group announced a new operation targeting foreign and government forces.
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Three foreign U.N. workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said.
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Fighters belonging to an armed nationalist group that seized a remote Peruvian police station and took officers and soldiers hostage surrendered to authorities Tuesday and freed their 17 captives, officials said.
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Taliban militants have freed three Afghans abducted with two French colleagues nearly two months ago, their aid group and a spokesman for the extremist movement said Sunday.