A group of Western tourists and their Egyptian guides, who were kidnapped 10 days ago, have been freed.
The 11 hostages - five Italians, five Germans and a Romanian - and their guides are said to be in good health.
The group was kidnapped by gunmen in a remote border region of Egypt. They are now said to be en route to Cairo.
They have been moved around a lawless desert region touching on the borders of Egypt, Sudan, Libya and Chad.
The kidnappers had demanded that Germany take charge of payment of an Germany establishes direct contact with European kidnappers ...
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Sudan to restore diplomatic ties with Chad ... $8.8m (Ј4.9m) ransom. It is unclear if any payment was exchanged.
(BBC)
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