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One of the freed South Korean hostages hugs her mother at a hospital in Anyang
02 Sep 2007
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One of the freed South Korean hostages hugs her mother (R) at a hospital in Anyang, southwest of Seoul, September 2, 2007. Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home on Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release.
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One of the freed South Korean hostages hugs her mother (R) at a hospital in Anyang, southwest of Seoul, September 2, 2007. Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home on Sunday, thanking their government for winning their release.


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