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Freed Reporter Held in Cave Underground

But Canadian journalist says Afghan captors did not harm her

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 9, 2008 8:00 AM CST

(Newser) – Canadian officials secured the release yesterday of a reporter who was kept in an underground cave in Afghanistan for a month, CNN reports. Melissa Fung said her abductors bound her hands and feet, but that she was never mistreated. Afghan authorities arrested three people in... Read full story »

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