Hostage Freed at L.A. Mexico Consulate
621709
A man with an unknown message for  the media sparked a citywide alert on Tuesday by briefly taking  a female clerk hostage at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles  before he was shot by police.
10060
Kidnappers have freed the mother of one of Brazil&#39;s most exciting young soccer talents, Santos forward Robinho, 40 days after they seized her at gunpoint from a party, the player&#39;s agent said on Friday.
354601
An Iranian diplomat who was seized in Iraq last month is freed, but the fate of other hostages is unclear.
311034
A Filipino oil worker kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Nigeria last month has been freed unharmed, the foreign ministry in Manila said Friday.
386647
Hostage takers in Nigeria's restive oil region have released an American oil worker captive, police said Sunday.
515648
Iraqi kidnappers have freed two Lebanese  men who were taken hostage west of Baghdad last month, their  company's lawyer said on Wednesday.
326410
At least one suspect took an unknown number of hostages Tuesday at the Mexican consulate, and a TV news camera later showed a man apparently being shot as he held a woman by the neck.
386622
Nepal says that a Nepalese worker kidnapped in Iraq on Monday has been freed.
728368
Iraqi kidnappers have freed two Lebanese  men who were taken hostage west of Baghdad last month, Beirut's  foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
207106
Kidnappers in Nigeria free a three-year-old British girl held hostage since Thursday, officials say.
163076
ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 6, 2004 - A Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq was freed by his captors on Monday, Turkey&#39;s foreign minister said.
275717
All Royal Dutch Shell contractors  kidnapped in Nigeria this week have been freed by their  captors, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
748930
A Canadian woman who was kidnapped in Iraq two weeks ago has been freed and is in the hands of US troops, Foreign Minister Pierre Pettigrew says.
470178
The father of Riyadh Ali told a group of reporters his son had been freed, nearly 24 hours after he was abducted from a CNN van at gunpoint.
96703
A kidnapped Iranian diplomat has been released after more than a month in captivity, the Iranian Embassy said Monday.
424900
Four US oil workers kidnapped by armed gunmen in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta are freed after weeks in captivity.
356966
A US Embassy spokesman said Tuesday that an American, a Nepalese, a Filipino and an Iraqi remain hostages after a kidnapping raid Monday night in Baghdad.