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      Monday 13 February RNW - NEWS, ANALYSIS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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      A photo from the Danish Refugee Council of Poul Thisted, who was rescued by US special forces. Thisted, a Danish aid worker held hostage in Somalia for three months before being rescued in a daring US-led commando raid, has left Sicily to be reunited with his family in Denmark, his employer said Tuesday.
      Bulletin: Dane freed in Somalia heading home: aid group

      Bulletin: Dane freed in Somalia heading home: aid group

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      Jessica Buchanan, seen here in a file photo, has been rescued by US special forces. US elite commandos swooped into lawless Somalia Wednesday and rescued two Western aid workers held for three months by armed pirates in a daring pre-dawn raid approved by President Barack Obama.
      Bulletin: Navy SEALs rescue aid workers held in Somalia

      Bulletin: Navy SEALs rescue aid workers held in Somalia

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      Jessica Buchanan, seen here in a file photo, has been rescued by US special forces. US elite commandos swooped into lawless Somalia Wednesday and rescued two Western aid workers held for three months by armed pirates in a daring pre-dawn raid approved by President Barack Obama.
      Bulletin: Special forces free US, Danish aid workers

      Bulletin: Special forces free US, Danish aid workers

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      Malian troops patrol on a pick-up car on July 18, three weeks after a military raid dislodged Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghrab (AQIM) from its newly-built base in the Wagoudou forest. Italian hostage Maria Sandra Mariani, kidnapped by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in February, is shown alive in a video given to negotiators and seen by AFP in Bamako Thursday.
      Bulletin: New video shows Italian Qaeda hostage alive

      Bulletin: New video shows Italian Qaeda hostage alive

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      A pirate stands on a rocky outcrop on the Somali coast. A Greek oil tanker hijacked by gunmen off the coast of Nigeria at the weekend has been released along with its 20-strong crew, the Greek coastguard told AFP Monday.
      Bulletin: Greek oil tanker hijacked near Nigeria released: police

      Bulletin: Greek oil tanker hijacked near Nigeria released: police

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      Aid worker and ex-physical education teacher Pierre Camatte (pictured) grows artemisia annua, often used in Chinese medicine, in greenhouses at his home in the eastern village of La Houssiere.
      Bulletin: Ex-Qaeda hostage moves Africa malaria work to France

      Bulletin: Ex-Qaeda hostage moves Africa malaria work to France

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      Handout photo released by South Africa's Department of International Relations and Cooperation shows Dale van der Merwe (L) and Vera Pelizzari holding a press conference in Pretoria on January 31, 2011. Families of two South African hostages being held in Somalia after their yacht was hijacked by pirates pleaded for the couple's release after they got a call demanding 10 million dollars' ransom.
      Bulletin: Family pleads for South African hostages' freedom

      Bulletin: Family pleads for South African hostages' freedom

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      An screengrab released by the SITE Intelligence Group on June 9, 2010, shows captive French security advisor Denis Allex, addressing his message to the people of France. France has received "proof of life" of Allex, one of its secret agents held hostage by Islamists in Somalia since July 2009, the French foreign intelligence service DGSE said on Tuesday.
      Bulletin: French spy hostage 'still alive in Somalia'

      Bulletin: French spy hostage 'still alive in Somalia'

      France's DGSE foreign intelligence service said Tuesday it has received "proof of life" of one...
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      19 hostages in Nigeria freed by JTF, sit together in Port Harcourt 18/11/2010
      Article: Nigerian militants warn of more kidnappings

      Article: Nigerian militants warn of more kidnappings

      Militants in Nigeria's southern Niger Delta warned on Friday they would carry out more...
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      An armed Somali pirate keeping vigil on the coastline near Hobyo, northeastern Somalia in January 2010. A South African man who escaped capture when his boat was hijacked by Somali pirates described the ordeal Monday, saying he had been beaten and threatened with guns, media reported.
      Bulletin: S.African skipper describes escaping Somali pirates: media

      Bulletin: S.African skipper describes escaping Somali pirates: media

      A South African man who escaped capture when his boat was hijacked by Somali pirates described...
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