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| Two journalists freed in Somalia | Two journalists freed in Somalia |
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| Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Somalia by militants in August 2008 have been freed by their captives, reports say. | Two foreign journalists kidnapped in Somalia by militants in August 2008 have been freed by their captives, reports say. |
| Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan are reported to be in a hotel in the capital Mogadishu. | Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan are reported to be in a hotel in the capital Mogadishu. |
| Somali MP Ahmed Diiriye told the Reuters news agency that officials had spent eight days seeking their release. | Somali MP Ahmed Diiriye told the Reuters news agency that officials had spent eight days seeking their release. |
| Giving few further details about how their release was secured, he said they were handed over by militia. | Giving few further details about how their release was secured, he said they were handed over by militia. |
| Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991, and journalists and humanitarian workers are frequently kidnapped. | |
| The freelance journalists had been working for Western media organisations when they were captured. | |
| Alarm raised | |
| Somali journalist and interpreter Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi was kidnapped with them but was released in January. | |
| They were taken following a trip to visit displaced people outside the city. | |
| The alarm was raised when they failed to return to their hotel after a few hours. | |
| Police spokesman Col Abdulhai Hassan Barise said the two journalists were currently in the hotel with police. | |
| It is not known if a ransom was paid for their release. | |
| Earlier this year British journalist Colin Freeman and Spanish photographer Jose Cendon were released after being held by Somali kidnappers for 40 days. |