(11 Dec 2013) FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 921889
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TWO DUTCH CITIZENS HAVE GONE FREE, AFTER BEING HELD HOSTAGE FOR SIX MONTHS IN YEMEN.
JOURNALIST JUDITH SPIEGEL AND HER PARTNER BOW-DE-WIN BEER-END-SEN WERE ABDUCTED BACK IN JUNE.
THE PAIR ARE RETURNING TO THE NETHERLANDS.
THEY'RE BEING DELIBERATELY VAGUE ABOUT WHO TOOK THEM HOSTAGE, AND WHY.
SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Boudewijn Berendsen, Freed Hostage
"Please, to the media, don't try to make guesses and bring rumours in the world. Which can also hurt the interest of people who are still being kidnapped."
SOUNDBITE (English) Judith Spiegel, Dutch reporter and Freed Hostage
"We are doing very well, we were treated very well. We were treated the Yemeni way. So that was very nice, from the not so nice kidnapping."
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ABDUCTIONS ARE FREQUENT IN YEMEN, WITH ARMED TRIBESMEN AND AL-QAIDA-LINKED MILITANTS FREQUENTLY TAKING HOSTAGES TO SWAP FOR PRISONERS OR CASH.
SANDY KOZEL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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