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World Service,29 Aug 2011,28 mins

29/08/2011

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Extraordinary personal stories from around the world. Today, the experiences of Australian photo-journalist Nigel Brennan. He was kidnapped in Somalia along with a Canadian colleague Amanda Lindhout in 2008 and held hostage for 462 days. Meanwhile his family were desperately trying to raise a ransom of $3m. We hear from Nigel and his sister Nicky who negotiated with the kidnappers.

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