UN announces release of 5 staff members kidnapped by al-Qaida in Yemen 18 months ago
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Kidnappings are frequent in Yemen, an impoverished nation where armed tribesmen and militants take hostages to swap for prisoners or cash.
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Five United Nations employees who were abducted in Yemen 18 months ago have been released and are in a satisfactory state of health, announced the United Nations on Friday.
The employees were kidnapped by gunmen believed to be linked to al-Qaida in the southern province of Abyan while they were on their way back to the government's temporary capital, Aden, after a field mission.
NEW YORK — Five United Nations staff members who were kidnapped in Yemen 18 months ago by an al-Qaida affiliate have walked free, U.N. officials said Friday.
