U.S. Tourists Released When President Agrees To Free Prisoner
May 26 2010
Yemeni tribesmen have released an American couple kidnapped last week, the New York Times reports.
The release was confirmed Tuesday by Yemeni officials as well as the U.S. State Dept.
The couple's driver and interpreter were also released, security and tribal officials said.
The unidentified pair reportedly returned to the capital of Sanaa.
Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has agreed to free Hameed Shardah, a local leader of the Haima tribe who was arrested in a land...
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