UN efforts start to free kidnapped Israeli soldiers
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The United Nations has started work   to try to secure the release of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped   by Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in July, a senior U.N.   official said on Sunday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Wednesday he will do everything he can to secure the release of Israeli soldiers captured by militants in recent months.
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Three United Nations hostages have been freed 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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A Moroccan soldier has been released  five days after he was kidnapped while serving in a United  Nations peacekeeping mission in Congo, the U.N. said on  Tuesday.
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The UN has issued an appeal for the immediate return of its three staff members, which included a woman from Northern Ireland, kidnapped in Kabul last week.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi   Annan said on Monday Lebanon and Israel have accepted his offer   to mediate the release of two Israeli soldiers captured by   Lebanese guerrilla group Hizbollah in July.
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Afghan militants holding three UN workers hostage began talks with the government and the United Nations on Sunday and the kidnappers have dropped some of their demands, a militant spokesman said.
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One week after the abduction of three foreign election workers in Afghanistan, Afghan and United Nations officials are hoping for a breakthrough in negotiations with the kidnappers.
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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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The United Nations said it was increasingly worried about three of its election workers, abducted at gunpoint in Kabul a week ago by militants who have threatened to kill them.
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Three international workers held hostage in Afghanistan&#39;s capital, Kabul, for almost a month were freed today, the United Nations said.
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A UN spokesman has called on kidnappers to release three UN hostages held in Afghanistan before the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr later this week.
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The UN mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea said Sunday it was ready to assist in a potential operation to rescue a British embassy tour group abducted in Ethiopia on March 1.
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Israel is prepared to discuss freeing   Lebanese prisoners for two soldiers held hostage by Hizbollah   if the two are handed over to the Lebanese government, a senior   Israeli political source said on Thursday.
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Three UN workers kidnapped in Kabul are probably not being held by Islamic militants, the Afghan authorities say.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met relatives of two Israeli soldiers seized by Hezbollah militants at the start of last year's Lebanon war on Tuesday and promised he will keep working hard to seek their release.
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Two kidnapped Italian military personnel were rescued in a NATO-led combat operation early Monday in western Afghanistan, two days after they went missing, an official said. Early reports indicated that at least five of the kidnappers had been killed.