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Now playing Next Burkina Faso Burkina Faso attack: 23 dead, of 18 nationalities - correspondent Burkina Faso’s President Kaboré has condemned the attack on the Splendid Hotel as “cowardly and vile.” With the news of multiple operations taking 16/01/2016
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Now playing Next Lebanon Prisoner swap frees Lebanese soldiers and ISIL leader's ex-wife 16 Lebanese soldiers and policemen held captive by Al Qaeda’s Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, have been released. The group was kidnapped during an 01/12/2015
Now playing Next Turkey Turkish hostages released in Baghdad after a month in captivity A group of 16 Turkish nationals taken hostage by a little-known armed Islamic group a month ago have been released. They are already in Turkey after 01/10/2015
Now playing Next Argentina Argentina: man suspected of keeping wife and son locked in cage for 6 years Argentinian police have arrested 66-year-old Edgardo Oviedo on suspicion of keeping his wife and son locked up for six years. They were allegedly 07/09/2015
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Now playing Next France French hostage arrives in Paris after months held captive in Yemen Back home, a Frenchwoman abducted in Yemen in February has arrived safely in Paris after being freed by her captors. Development worker Isabelle 07/08/2015
Now playing Next Yemen French woman held captive in Yemen since February freed A French woman who was abducted in Yemen in February has been freed and is expected in Paris on Friday morning, according to a statement from the 07/08/2015
Now playing Next Egypt Deadline expires on Friday in Egypt for kidnapped Croatian worker The new Suez canal may have opened to great fanfare but the future of the Croatian worker kidnapped by a terrorist group is far from bright. Their 06/08/2015
Now playing Next Iraq One year after ISIL bloodshed Iraq's Yazidis still suffering It is one-year to the day that ISIL militants attacked Iraq’s Yazidi minority in Sinjar Province. The violence prompted 40,000 Yazidi to seek 03/08/2015
Now playing Next Nigeria Nigeria: Army says it has freed 178 Boko Haram captives Nigeria’s army says it has rescued 178 people held by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram. It said the captives – more than 100 of them children – 03/08/2015
Now playing Next Gaza Two Israeli citizens being held in Gaza Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group, Israeli authorities said on Thursday 09/07/2015
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