Spanish Hostage Freed

A top Congolese officer says the army has rescued a Spanish doctor who was kidnapped by northern rebels two weeks ago, Radio Netherlands reports.

Mario Zarza Manresa was seized on April 1 while travelling down the Congo River, said Congolese officials. Those rebels later attacked Mbandaka, the capital of northern Equateur province, sparking two days of fighting in which 36 people died.

According to Gen. Michel Ekutshu, the rebels shaved off all the hostage's body hair because...