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Somali gunmen release kidnapped UN workers - official
28 Jun 2008 14:49:14 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOGADISHU, June 28 (Reuters) - Somali gunmen released two United Nations workers from Sweden and Denmark hours after kidnapping them in the Bakool region of south central Somalia on Saturday, U.N. officials said.

"The Danish and the Swedish workers were released...without ransom and they are safe waiting for a flight to Nairobi," Mohamed Nur Salad, a U.N. security and safety worker told Reuters.

(Reporting by Abdi Sheikh and Mohammed Ahmed in Baidoa; Writing by Wangui Kanina)

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