Turkish hostage freed in Iraq
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A Turkish man kidnapped in Iraq and held for 50 days was freed Wednesday by his captors, a Turkish official said. Meanwhile, the bodies of three beheaded Iraqi civilians were discovered
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Four foreign hostages are freed unharmed in oil-rich southern Nigeria, after several weeks in captivity.
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BAGHDAD - An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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Iraqi kidnappers released 10 Turkish construction workers unharmed near Baghdad Tuesday as their employer backed away from a promise to leave the country.
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A Kuwaiti company with seven truck drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been freed by their captors.
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A Polish woman who was abducted last month from her apartment in Baghdad has been freed, the Polish prime minister said Saturday.
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A young Turkish journalist, Zeynep Tugrul, was freed last week by kidnappers in northern Iraq after four days of terror and hope.
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A militant group said that it has released 10 Turkish hostages detained for 40 days in Iraq, Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV channel reported Sunday.
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Iraqi kidnappers have released 10 Turkish  hostages they had held for over a month after their Turkish  employer said it would leave Iraq, Al Jazeera television said  on Sunday.
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A Slovak aid worker who was kidnapped in Ingushetia has been freed, Slovak Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan said Wednesday.
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BAGHDAD -- Kidnappers in Iraq freed seven hostages yesterday, releasing two female Italian aid workers who were abducted from their home three weeks ago, two of the women's Iraqi colleagues and three Egyptian employees of a local cell phone company.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul reported Monday that kidnapped truck driver Mithat Civi, a Turkish national, was freed by his captors.
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An Iraqi group has released U.S.  journalist Micah Garen whom it was holding hostage in Iraq,  Arab satellite television Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.
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Islamic insurgents released 10 Turkish hostages in Iraq, and their employer said Tuesday that his company will resume operations in the wartorn country because it was unclear whether the abductions were politically motivated or criminal.
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A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq by a militant group since October has been freed and said on Saturday her captors had treated her well.
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A Kuwaiti company with seven truck  drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been  freed by their captors.
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Two Italian female aid workers held hostage in Iraq for the last three weeks have been released.