Mali - Hostages released
Canadian, European al Qaeda hostages freed - Mali
Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:46pm
BAMAKO, April 22 (Reuters) - Two Canadian diplomats and two European tourists held hostage by al Qaeda's north African wing have been released, a spokesman for Mali's president said on Wednesday.
"We confirm the release of four hostages," Seydou Cissouma, a spokesman for Mali's president, told Reuters. He said they were two Canadian diplomats and two female tourists.
Robert Fowler, a United Nations envoy to Niger, disappeared with his aide last December while two Swiss, a German and a Briton were kidnapped on the Mali-Niger border in January. (Reporting by Tiemoko Diallo; Editing by David Lewis)
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