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Lebanese hostage in Iraq freed

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Published: Oct. 4, 2005 at 8:42 AM

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- A Lebanese national held hostage in Iraq was released and is reported to be in good health, a foreign minister source said Tuesday.

The source said Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh received a telephone call from the charge d'affaires in Baghdad informing him that Moufi Abou Farraj had been released.

Another Lebanese hostage in Iraq was freed last week after a monthlong captivity.

The source did not give any details on how the release took place and for how long Abu Farraj was detained.

Topics: Fawzi Salloukh
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