End of the Hostage Era

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The two final Western hostages in Lebanon, German aid workers Heinrich Struebig and Thomas Kemptner, finally went home. In Bonn, Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel said a credit of several hundred million marks to Iran "played no role" in the release. Their return brings to an end a decade during which almost 100 foreigners were kidnapped in Lebanon.

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