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Abducted Australian Woman Freed In Afghanistan: Foreign Minister
An Australian aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago has been freed and is "safe and well", Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
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German Hostage Freed in Afghanistan: Aid Group
A female German aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan in August has been released and is in good health, said German development organisation GIZ on Saturday.
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Dutch Aid Worker Freed in Afghanistan After 81 Days
A Dutch aid worker who was abducted by unknown gunmen in June in Afghanistan has been freed after being held for 81 days, the Dutch foreign ministry said late Thursday.
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French Aid Worker Hostage Freed in Yemen
A French woman abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, French authorities said on Friday, adding that her captors had been about to kill her.
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Factbox: Who is Alan Gross and What Did he do?
Alan Gross, a 65-year-old U.S. foreign aid worker freed from a Cuban prison on Wednesday, was arrested in Cuba in 2009 and sentenced to 15 years for importing banned technology and trying to establish clandestine Internet service for Cuban Jews.
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German Aid Worker Freed in Kabul After Two-Year Ordeal
A German aid worker who was taken hostage by masked gunmen in Pakistan over two years ago was released in neighbouring Afghanistan this week, Berlin said on Friday.
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Bomb kills 27 in Syria as kidnapped aid workers freed
A car bomb killed dozens of people in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday as suspected jihadists freed four out of seven aid workers kidnapped in the increasingly volatile region.
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Navy SEAL team 6 rescues US aid worker from Somalia
The Navy SEAL operation that freed two Western hostages in Somalia is representative of the Obama administration's pledge to build a smaller, more agile military force that can carry out surgical counterterrorist strikes to cripple an enemy.
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Abducted Australian Woman Freed In Afghanistan: Foreign Minister
An Australian aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago has been freed and is "safe and well", Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday.
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German Hostage Freed in Afghanistan: Aid Group
A female German aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan in August has been released and is in good health, said German development organisation GIZ on Saturday.
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Dutch Aid Worker Freed in Afghanistan After 81 Days
A Dutch aid worker who was abducted by unknown gunmen in June in Afghanistan has been freed after being held for 81 days, the Dutch foreign ministry said late Thursday.
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French Aid Worker Hostage Freed in Yemen
A French woman abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, French authorities said on Friday, adding that her captors had been about to kill her.
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Factbox: Who is Alan Gross and What Did he do?
Alan Gross, a 65-year-old U.S. foreign aid worker freed from a Cuban prison on Wednesday, was arrested in Cuba in 2009 and sentenced to 15 years for importing banned technology and trying to establish clandestine Internet service for Cuban Jews.
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German Aid Worker Freed in Kabul After Two-Year Ordeal
A German aid worker who was taken hostage by masked gunmen in Pakistan over two years ago was released in neighbouring Afghanistan this week, Berlin said on Friday.
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Bomb kills 27 in Syria as kidnapped aid workers freed
A car bomb killed dozens of people in rebel-held northwestern Syria on Monday as suspected jihadists freed four out of seven aid workers kidnapped in the increasingly volatile region.
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Navy SEAL team 6 rescues US aid worker from Somalia
The Navy SEAL operation that freed two Western hostages in Somalia is representative of the Obama administration's pledge to build a smaller, more agile military force that can carry out surgical counterterrorist strikes to cripple an enemy.
