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Fourteen European Tourists Freed from Algeria Kidnapping
Fourteen European tourists nine Germans four Swiss and a Dutchman were released after six months in Algeria. They were handed to Malian officials at the border and transported to Bamako then to Germany. German Chancellor Schroeder urged action against the Islamist group linked to al Qaida. Mali helped mediate, with no plans to pursue kidnappers. The ordeal followed rescues of 17 others in May and earlier raids of desert camps.
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Amadou Toumani Toure
Gerhard Schroeder
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