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AFP - Paul and Rachel Chandler said they were “happy to be alive” after the Somali pirates who hijacked the couple’s yacht near the Seychelles last year released them for…

Reuters - A plane carrying British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler landed in the Kenyan capital on Sunday after their release from captivity by Somali pirates.

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Reuters - Military-ruled Myanmar freed Nobel Peace Prize-winner Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday after her latest period of house arrest expired, giving the country a powerful pro-democracy voice just…

Reuters - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was believed freed on Saturday after authorities withdrew police and barricades from outside her home, allowing her to greet supporters after…

AP - A Somali group that kidnapped a British aid worker released the man on Wednesday after clan elders intervened, a spokeswoman for Save the Children said.

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AP - An Iranian-American businessman said Sunday he spent some of his more than two years in prison alongside protesters detained in Iran’s postelection crackdowns and praised his first taste…

AP - Three Japanese held by China for allegedly entering a restricted military zone arrived back home Friday as tensions over a territorial dispute eased. But Tokyo continued to press…

AP - China’s Xinhua News Agency says three Japanese detained after allegedly intruding on a Chinese military zone have been released, but one person is still being held.

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AP - An American woman released from Iran after more than 13 months in custody began her journey back to the United States on Saturday after asking her supporters to…

AP - Omani officials say the American woman released from an Iranian prison plans to see a doctor on her first full day of freedom in more than 13 months…