WORLD BRIEFING / PHILIPPINES
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Islamic militants in the southern Philippines freed an ailing Italian Red Cross worker after six months of captivity.
Eugenio Vagni, 63, had difficulty walking because of a hernia, but otherwise appeared to be in good health as his Abu Sayyaf captors handed him over to a provincial vice governor on Jolo Island.
Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said no ransom had been paid.
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