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Two Italian nuns kidnapped in Kenya three months ago and then held in neighbouring Somalia have been freed, the Italian prime minister has said. | Two Italian nuns kidnapped in Kenya three months ago and then held in neighbouring Somalia have been freed, the Italian prime minister has said. |
Gunmen abducted Maria Teresa Olivero and Caterina Giraudo on 10 November in the northern Kenyan district of Mandera and then took them across the border. | Gunmen abducted Maria Teresa Olivero and Caterina Giraudo on 10 November in the northern Kenyan district of Mandera and then took them across the border. |
The women, in their 60s, were working on hunger and health programmes. | The women, in their 60s, were working on hunger and health programmes. |
PM Silvio Berlusconi said the two Roman Catholic nuns were now at the Italian embassy in Kenyan capital, Nairobi. | PM Silvio Berlusconi said the two Roman Catholic nuns were now at the Italian embassy in Kenyan capital, Nairobi. |
"Their morale is up," he told reporters, according to the Associated Press news agency. | "Their morale is up," he told reporters, according to the Associated Press news agency. |
Italian state TV broadcast a telephone interview with Ms Giraudo, in which she said the affection of Kenyans "provided us with comfort after these days of suffering", AP reported. | Italian state TV broadcast a telephone interview with Ms Giraudo, in which she said the affection of Kenyans "provided us with comfort after these days of suffering", AP reported. |
Following the nuns' abduction, Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern about their fate. | Following the nuns' abduction, Pope Benedict XVI expressed concern about their fate. |
In the immediate aftermath of the kidnapping there were conflicting reports about how the two had been taken away. | In the immediate aftermath of the kidnapping there were conflicting reports about how the two had been taken away. |
A local aid worker said the women had been seized in the midst of a shoot-out at a church, while the Kenyan Red Cross said the pair had been taken hostage at their home. | A local aid worker said the women had been seized in the midst of a shoot-out at a church, while the Kenyan Red Cross said the pair had been taken hostage at their home. |
Somalia has been without a functioning government since 1991. | |