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Kidnapped tourists are freed

Updated on 29 September 2008

Source PA News

The kidnapped 19-member European tour group has been freed and the 11 tourists and eight Egyptian guides and drivers are on their way to Cairo, according to Egypt's state news agency.

The report, also carried by state television, referred to an 'operation' to free the 19 but did not say where it took place.

It said the captives were in good health, but gave no details.

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