Seven aid workers in Yemen freed

Tribesmen in Yemen freed six UN aid workers on Thursday, two days after they were kidnapped to secure the release of a jailed man from police custody, one of the hostage-takers said. Valerie Amos, the UN emergency relief co-ordinator, had somewhat different information, saying that seven abducted aid workers had been released unharmed, but giving no details on the kidnappers' demands.
It was not immediately clear whether the seventh aid worker was employed by a non-governmental organisation rather than the United Nations in Yemen. "They are now in Sanaa and are in contact with their families," Amos said in a statement thanking Yemeni authorities and all those who worked to secure their safe release.