Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Italian hostages freed in Somalia




ROME - Two Italians kidnapped in Somalia have been released, Italy's foreign minister said Tuesday, months after men armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades surrounded the aid workers' house and took them away in blindfolds.
Franco Frattini told parliament that Iolanda Occhipinti and Giuliano Paganini were in good condition and had been taken by plane to Nairobi, Kenya, where there were in the care of the local Italian Embassy. more http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080805/ap_on_re_af/italy_somalia_kidnapping

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