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Red Cross: 4 of 7 kidnapped staffers in Syria safe

Monday, October 14, 2013
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GENEVA -- Gunmen kidnapped a team of seven workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross after stopping their convoy early Sunday along a roadside in northern Syria, a spokesman said.

Robert Mardini, the International Committee of the Red Cross' head of operations for the Middle East, said on Twitter that the four were released "safe and sound."

The ICRC's Geneva office confirmed the tweet was accurate, but provided no more details Monday.

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