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Canadian Journalist Set Free by Afghan Abductors After 4 Weeks
A Canadian journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan was released Saturday after four weeks in captivity, according to Afghan and Canadian officials.

Mellissa Fung was abducted Oct. 12 while reporting for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Fung, 35, who worked with the CBC on a freelance basis, was traveling with a translator and driver when she was seized after interviewing refugees in a sprawling camp about five miles west of Kabul.

Few details about Fung's abductors or where she was held were released Saturday. But an official with CBC in Kabul said Fung was returned to the capital about 7:30 p.m. and appeared to be in good health.

Jamie Purdon, director of news gathering for CBC, said Fung was probably held by the same captors for the duration of the ordeal.

Fung, who was taken to the Canadian Embassy after her release, will undergo a full medical examination before returning to her family in Canada, CBC said. "We are very, very relieved," Purdon said.

Adam Khan Serat, a spokesman for the governor of neighboring Wardak province, told the Associated Press that tribal elders and provincial council members helped negotiate Fung's release.

Posted by: Fred 2008-11-10
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