The German foreign minister Frank Walter-Steinmeier has confirmed that a group of eleven European tourists who were kidnapped 10 days ago in the Egyptian desert have been released.
A military helicopter has flown the five Germans, five Italians, a Romanian and eight Egyptian drivers and tour guides to Cairo for medical examinations. The state news agency MENA quoted Egyptian Defence Minister Hussein Tantawi Enough already! Italian call to use fewer English words ...
Steinmeier discusses Georgia with Scandinavian colleagues ...
Japanese PM reshuffles cabinet ... as saying that half of the kidnappers had been killed in the operation to free the hostages. Egypt's Tourism Minister Zoheir Garrana said no ransom money was paid.
(Deutsche Welle)
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