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A European tour group kidnapped in the Sahara Desert was abruptly freed after a phone call to one of the captors, and all 19 hostages piled into a single car, some clinging to the roof as they drove 200 miles to safety.
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Maria Teresa Olivero, 61, left and Caterina Giraud, 67, with Italian Ambassador in Kenya Pierandrea Magistrati at the diplomat’s residence shortly after they arrived in Kenya from Somalia on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2009. Two Italian nuns who were kidnapped...
