Dutch hostages arrive home

AMSTERDAM - Two Dutch nationals held as hostages for more than four months in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province arrived back in…

AMSTERDAM - Two Dutch nationals held as hostages for more than four months in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province arrived back in the Netherlands yesterday.

Ms Martha Klein, who is, seven months pregnant, and Mr Mark van der Wal said in a statement before they left Jakarta that the local people, who had taken good care of them, would be hard hit by an army operation to capture the kidnappers.

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