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4 Kidnapped U.N. Staffers Are Released

From Times Wire Reports

Kidnappers released four U.N. staffers who were abducted last week while monitoring the border between Georgia and the breakaway Abkhazia region, a Georgian official said.

The official said that no ransom was paid to the kidnappers, who had demanded $3 million, and that they would not face criminal charges. He gave no more details of the agreement.

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