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Kidnapped women rescued

A British woman kidnapped in Ecuador while visiting a remote nature reserve in the Amazon jungle has been rescued.

The tourist, reportedly named by Ecuadorian army officials as Katherine Sara Cox, was abducted on Friday with an Australian woman near Colombia.

Ecuador's interior minister Jose Serrano said the pair were rescued on Saturday night by police and armed forces.

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