2 freed Japanese say Iraq ordeal different from 3 hostages

2 freed Japanese say Iraq ordeal different from 3 hostages

TOKYO, Japan - Freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda (L) and human rights activist Nobutaka Watanabe, recently released by an armed group in Iraq from three days in captivity, speak to reporters at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Tokyo April 27 about their ordeal. (Kyodo)

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