Karzai thanks God for UN hostages&#39; release
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Afghan President-elect Hamid Karzai on Wednesday expressed his great happiness and thanked God for the release of the three United Nations employees.
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Three U.N. workers held hostage in  Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai Wednesday and appeared  happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly four  weeks.
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Afghan officials are optimistic that three UN hostages, including a Briton, will be freed unharmed, a government spokesman said. A Taliban splinter group claims it abducted the trio - Annetta Flanigan from
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appealed to world Muslim leaders today to help secure the release of Filipino hostages in Afghanistan and Iraq as anxious relatives prayed for their safety.
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The UN Secretary General says he is  "encouraged" by the release of several top political prisoners in Burma.
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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed today, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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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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and smiled for photographers after discussing their captivity with him at his presidential palace in Kabul. Reporters were not allowed to ask questions, but Nayan said he was well and grateful for the support he received from home.
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KABUL: Three United Nations hostages were freed early on Tuesday after almost four weeks in captivity in Afghanistan, with kidnappers claiming that Taliban prisoners were due to be released in exchange.
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Former Afghan hostage Annetta Flanigan has spoken today for the first time since her release on Tuesday. The Northern Ireland-born UN worker read out a statement from her, Angelito Nayan and Shqipe Habibi, giving thanks for all the support they received.
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The Afghan government announced Tuesday that contact had been made with the three United Nations election officials kidnapped nearly two weeks ago and expressed hope that they would be released soon.
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has congratulated Hamid Karzai for his victory in Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election. Mr Karzai, who has been head of Afghanistan&#39;s interim administration since the Taliban
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ANNETTA FLANIGAN, the freed United Nations worker, asked her family to thank the Afghan negotiators who risked their lives to help to secure her release yesterday.
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A Kosovar and a Filipino kidnapped in Afghanistan have called home to say they are OK. The two were among three UN workers kidnapped 12 days ago when armed men halted their vehicle in downtown Kabul.
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Three foreign UN workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said. &quot;They were released a while back this morning,&quot; said a government official, who
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Two Italian humanitarian workers held by kidnappers for 21 days in Iraq thanked Pope John Paul II for his prayers and public appeals for their release.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - The Afghan government and Taliban rebels are hopeful of a peaceful outcome to free 23 South Korean hostages held by insurgents, the two sides said on Tuesday.