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Published 12/3/2008 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - A French aid worker kidnapped at gunpoint in the Afghan capital and later seen in an emotional hostage video was released by his captors Wednesday and is "doing well," President Nicolas Sarkozy announced.
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