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NIAMEY, Niger (AP) - Rebels in Niger have released a Chinese uranium company executive held hostage more than a week, the rebel group's leader said Monday. Three Nigerien soldiers also were handed over to the Red Cross, he said.
Aghali Alambo, the leader of the ethnic Tuareg rebel group called the Niger Movement for Justice, said the Red Cross 4x4 left the rebel base in the northern desert of this arid West African country Monday morning. He spoke by satellite phone from Iferouane, about 1620 miles northeast of the capital of Niamey.
Chinese officials in Nigeria declined to comment and Red Cross workers in Niger's capital said they had not yet received confirmation of the hostage's release.
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