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| British reporter freed in Somalia | British reporter freed in Somalia |
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| Somali kidnappers have released a British journalist and his Spanish colleague, according to officials. | Somali kidnappers have released a British journalist and his Spanish colleague, according to officials. |
| The men, named by a news agency as writer Colin Freeman and photographer Jose Cendon, were seized on 26 November in the north-eastern Puntland region. | The men, named by a news agency as writer Colin Freeman and photographer Jose Cendon, were seized on 26 November in the north-eastern Puntland region. |
| They had been reporting on piracy in the region but were captured by gunmen while en route to Bosasso airport with two Somali journalists. | They had been reporting on piracy in the region but were captured by gunmen while en route to Bosasso airport with two Somali journalists. |
| Regional government sources say they are now safe in a Bosasso hotel. | Regional government sources say they are now safe in a Bosasso hotel. |
| Staff at the International hotel are reported to have said the pair appeared to be "in good condition". | |
| However, two other foreign journalists, an Australian and a Canadian abducted near the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in August, have still not been released. | |
| Wracked by civil conflict since 1991 and with no functioning government, much of Somalia is controlled by Islamist insurgents. | |
| Piracy off Somalia's coast has become an increasing problem for fishing boats, cargo ships and yachts. | |
| Foreigners, who can be exchanged for large ransoms, are frequent targets. |