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Taliban say to start freeing Koreans on Wednesday
29 Aug 2007 04:45:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
KABUL, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan will on Wednesday start releasing 19 South Korean Christian volunteers kidnapped nearly six weeks ago, a representative of the group said.

"Our decision is today," said Qari Mohammad Bashir who was also involved in the talks with a Korean team on the release of the hostages. "We are trying to start the work today."
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Anti-North Korea activists shout slogans during a protest demanding a stop to the upcoming inter-Korean summit at Imjingak in Paju, near the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, about 56 km (35 miles) north of Seoul, September 21, 2007. The second only inter-Korean summit between leaders of the two sides is scheduled on October 2-4. The banner reads: "(South Korean President) Roh Moo-hyun! Return home after the abolition of North Korea's nuclear weapons".



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