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Quetzal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-26-04 06:04 AM
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Japan bills freed hostages
Japan bills freed hostages

Japan's government has billed three former hostages held in Iraq and their relatives at least $21,700 towards the cost of bringing them home safely.

A foreign ministry official said on Monday the huge bill was "for air transportation and other costs".

The "other costs" relate to a medical check up in Dubai before flying to Japan with two relatives and a lawyer.

The three - an anti-war activist, an aid worker and a journalist - arrived home traumatised in a blaze of publicity on 18 April after a week-long ordeal at the hands of their Iraqi captors.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/68EE322B-998D-4C7C-80F7-23FB8D3B0C04.htm
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