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World Service,14 Mar 2013,9 mins

Giandomenico Picco - Hostage negotiator

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The UN envoy who tried to secure the release of Western hostages in Lebanon. He allowed himself to be abducted by their kidnappers on the streets of Beirut, time after time. He managed to arrange for 11 hostages to be freed. Photo: Giandomenico Picco in 1991. VT Freeze Frame.

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