French, Haitian abductees released
published: Monday | January 30, 2006

Brazilian United Nations peacekeepers attend a military ceremony for the new U.N. force commander in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last Monday. Brazilian General José Elito Carvalho Siqueira said U.N. troops were not an occupation force and had no plan to violate the rights of innocent people living in volatile slums, as several human rights groups have charged. - REUTERS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (AP):

THREE FRENCH CITIZENS and a Haitian who were kidnapped by gunmen near a volatile slum outside of the capital have been released unharmed without a ransom being paid, French and United Nations officials said Saturday.

A nun in her 80s was released Friday afternoon, while two volunteers and their Haitian driver were released late Friday, said U.N. spokesman David Wimhurst.