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Somali gunmen free kidnapped UNHCR boss - sources
27 Aug 2008 15:54:22 GMT
Source: Reuters
MOGADISHU, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Somali gunmen released the local head of the U.N. refugee agency in Mogadishu on Wednesday after holding him captive for more than two months, security sources said.

"Hassan Mohammed Ali, the head of UNHCR, was freed on Wednesday afternoon," a local U.N. staff member told Reuters. "He was kidnapped on June 21 and held until today when he was released unconditionally. He is in perfect health." (Reporting by Abdi Sheikh and Ibrahim Mohammed; writing by Wangui Kanina, editing by Tim Pearce)


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