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Thu, 31 May 2012 Egypt

Americans kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai released

By AFP
The tourists were abducted near the resort of Dahab on the Red Sea.  By  (AFP Graphic)The tourists were abducted near the resort of Dahab on the Red Sea. By (AFP Graphic)

CAIRO (AFP) - Two American tourists kidnapped in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula by Bedouin tribesman were released on Thursday after less than 24 hours in captivity, security and government officials told AFP.

The kidnappers, who abducted the tourists late on Wednesday near the Red Sea resort of Dahab, have been handed over to police, the officials said. They had demanded the release of a tribesman jailed for drugs possession.

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