In this July 16, 2007 photo, Stephen Farrell, a reporter for The New York Times. is shown in Iraq. British commandos freed the New York Times reporter Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009, after he was kidnapped by militants in northern Afghanistan last week, the paper said. Farrell was taken hostage Saturday along with his translator in the northern province of Kunduz when they went to cover a German-ordered airstrike of two hijacked fuel tankers. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

In this July 16, 2007 photo, Stephen Farrell, a reporter for The New York Times. is shown in Iraq. British commandos freed the New York Times reporter Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009, after he was kidnapped by militants in northern Afghanistan last week, the paper said. Farrell was taken hostage Saturday along with his translator in the northern province of Kunduz when they went to cover a German-ordered airstrike of two hijacked fuel tankers.

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