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muriel_volestrangler

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2. Tuareg rebels 'free Mali hostages'

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Mon May 19, 2014, 05:23 PM

May 2014

Some 28 hostages abducted by Tuareg rebels in northern Mali on Saturday have been freed, the UN says.
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An official from the UN force, known as Minusma, told Agence France-Presse: "We have just taken back the hostages. They are in not bad condition. Two are very tired."

Some 32 hostages were taken on Saturday but four who had been wounded were released the same day.

The rebel National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) confirmed in a statement that its members had delivered the rest of the hostages to aid workers and peacekeepers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-27480262

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