Doctor returns to Japan after release from abduction in Ethiopia

NAGOYA, Japan - Aid group doctor Keiko Akahane speaks during a news conference at Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture on Jan. 13 after returning to Japan earlier in the day. Akahane, who was abducted in Ethiopia with a Dutch nurse, was released after being held for three and a half months.

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