China Says Freed Hostages to Return Home Soon
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Eight Chinese hostages freed by  guerrillas in Iraq at the weekend were in good spirits and  would return home soon, state media said on Monday.
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The Kenyan government on Wednesdayevening confirmed the release of its three nationals who had been kidnapped in Iraq more than a month ago, saying they will return home soon.
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Three Jordanian truck drivers kidnapped in Iraq last week have been released and returned home Tuesday, a government official said.
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Taliban and South Korean negotiators were expected on Tuesday to resume talks on the fate of the remaining 19 Korean hostages held by the militant group in Afghanistan, a provincial governor said.
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Two French reporters who were released after being held hostage for four months in Iraq are expected to return home on Wednesday to a hero&#39;s welcome.
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Two French journalists were heading home to France on Wednesday after the end of a 4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq which left many unanswered questions about the government's handling of the crisis.
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Iraq's vice president assured China that Baghdad will "exhaust every effort" to free eight Chinese abducted by Iraqi insurgents as a deadline set by their captors passed with no word on their fate, state media said Friday.
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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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The Taliban said Tuesday that 19 South Korean hostages held by the hardline militia for nearly six weeks would be freed &quot;soon&quot; after a successful round of negotiations.
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Two French journalists freed after four months held hostage in Iraq are set for an emotional welcome back home.
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The employer of two Chinese engineers  kidnapped in Pakistan was hopeful they would be released as  their abductors were targeting neither the company nor Chinese,  a spokesman for the firm said on Monday.
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A Chinese government team leaves for  Pakistan on Friday to investigate the kidnap and ill-fated  rescue of two Chinese engineers.
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Two French journalists were heading home to France on Wednesday after the end of a 4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq which left many unanswered questions about the government&#39;s handling of the crisis.
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Two reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released in Baghdad on Tuesday and should be home in time for Christmas.
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Nine Chinese oil workers kidnapped last month in the restive southern Nigerian state of Bayelsa were freed, a senior government official involved in the deal told AFP.
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China has been going in for various substantial efforts to rescue the two engineers, who were kidnapped in Pakistan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhang Qiyue tolda regular press conference here Tuesday.
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Officials in Paris reiterated its cautious optimism that two French reporters and their Syrian driver held hostage in Iraq may be freed, as trucks bearing their pictures criss-crossed the city.