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Gunmen release British hostages

Bedouin gunmen in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula have released two British tourists who were kidnapped as they drove from Cairo to the beach resort of Sharm el Sheikh, security and tribal sources said.

The British pair, who were travelling in a private car yesterday, had stopped to change money in the town of Ras es Sidr, 93 miles south-east of Cairo when they were seized by the tribesmen, said the sources.

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