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Iran frees Chinese-American scholar for US-held scientist
December 8, 2019 18:30 pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Dec 8: A Princeton scholar held for three years in Iran on widely criticized espionage charges was freed Saturday as part of a prisoner exchange that saw America release a detained Iranian scientist, a rare diplomatic breakthrough between Tehran and Washington after months of tensions.
Man frees himself from kidnappers' clutches
November 30, 2016 13:55 pm
PARSA, Nov 30: An elderly man of Birgunj Sub Metropolitan City-27 in Parsa has reportedly managed to escape the clutches of his abductors after his four days in captivity.
Boko Haram frees 21 kidnapped Chibok girls after 2.5 years
October 14, 2016 15:43 pm
GENEVA, Oct 14: Jihadist group Boko Haram has freed 21 of more than 200 girls it kidnapped in April 2014 in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok, after mediation by Switzerland and the International Red Cross, officials said on Thursday.
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