ITALY REJOICES: Captives return from captivity
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At times, they feared for their lives. They spent many days with blindfolds pressed against their eyes. Their Iraqi captors were convinced they were spies or proselytizers of Catholicism.
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Nineteen South Korean Christian  volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six  weeks returned home on Sunday, thanking their government for  winning their release.
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Two Italian aid workers released after a three-week hostage ordeal in Iraq said they had feared for their lives right up to the end.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two Italian and two Iraqi aid workers kidnapped this month in Iraq were freed Tuesday after three weeks in captivity, Italy's prime minister said. Four Egyptian workers abducted last week were also freed, according to their employer...
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THE emotional return of the aid workers Simona Pari and Simona Torretta to Italy after their kidnap ordeal in Iraq was a joyful sight to behold.
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Good news swept through Italy with lightning speed just after 5:30 on Tuesday afternoon. Kidnapped women aid workers Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were suddenly free after three weeks of national angst.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two kidnapped Italian aid workers were freed Tuesday after three weeks of captivity in Iraq, and six other hostages in the country were also released. American forces bombed a suspected militant hide-out in Fallujah and the military claimed its frequent strikes have taken a toll on the network of Jordanian-born terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...
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ROME - Italy insisted on Wednesday it did not pay a million-dollar ransom to win the release of two aid workers, as the country rejoiced in the homecoming of the women who said they were ready to return to Iraq to continue their work there.
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When four Frenchmen returned home after more than two years in the Guantanamo netherworld, they expected some questions, followed by freedom and an apology.
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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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Safely home in Italy, two women aid  workers spoke of returning to Iraq on Wednesday despite a  three-week hostage ordeal as their overjoyed nation shrugged  off reports that a ransom was paid to free them.
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Four humanitarian workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - were freed yesterday after being kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago. Simona Torretta, Simona Pari, Raad Ali Abdul Azziz and Mahnouz Bassam all worked
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Two Italian aid workers have been released, three weeks after being kidnapped in Baghdad. Also free are two Iraqis abducted at the same time.
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned to a heroes' welcome in  Paris on Wednesday as the relieved government basked in a  national wave of joy at their safe release.
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PARIS Paola Di Franco of Rome was speaking for much of Italy on Wednesday when she said that she felt intense joy and relief on learning of the release of the two Italian hostages affectionately known as the &quot;two Simonas.
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ANYANG, South Korea  - Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on Sunday, thanking their government for saving them from death.
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Rome - One of the two Italian women hostages freed after being held for three weeks in Iraq said on Wednesday she missed the country and her Iraqi friends and wanted to return soon.