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Updated: 3:25 p.m. EST (20:25 GMT), January 1, 2006

Italians revel in hostage releases

Peace activist Alessandro Bernardini is escorted by Palestinian security officers in Gaza.

Italians rejoiced Sunday with the news that kidnappers released three Italian women in Yemen and an Italian man was freed in Gaza after Palestinian security forces stormed the building where he was being held.

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