3 European captives released in Nigeria
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Hostage takers released three European captives Monday in Nigeria's restive oil region, officials said.
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Three Europeans abducted three weeks ago from a bar in Nigeria's oil-rich south are freed in a military operation.
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Two Filipino oil workers captured last week in restive southern Nigeria, have been released by their captors, a local government spokesman in the area told AFP.
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Seven oil workers who were kidnapped from an offshore oil field in the Niger Delta were released Monday after two days in captivity, police said.
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Two Italian humanitarian workers who were kidnapped three weeks ago from their office in Baghdad were released Tuesday night, along with two Iraqi colleagues who had been
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Hostage takers in Nigeria's restive oil region have released an American oil worker captive, police said Sunday.
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Three British residents held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for suspected terrorists have been freed and are due to return to Britain on Wednesday after more than four years in captivity.
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Nigerian kidnappers have tonight released Margaret Hill, a three-year-old British girl seized in Port Harcourt on Thursday.
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Nine Chinese oil workers abducted last month by militants in an armed attack in Nigeria's southern delta were released on Sunday, officials said.
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Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan for more than three weeks are apparently unharmed after being released Tuesday.
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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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All Royal Dutch Shell contractors  kidnapped in Nigeria this week have been freed by their  captors, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.
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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released.
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Two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago have been released and two French journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours, according to officials.
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Three men released from US detention facility are expected to be freed by British police
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TWO female Italian aid workers were released by their Iraqi captors overnight after three anguished weeks as hostages, sparking scenes of joy at their homes and relief among world leaders.
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Three British-linked detainees in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay have been released and are returning to Britain, the Foreign Office and police said Wednesday.