THIRUVANANTHAPURAM India (Reuters) - Nearly 50 Indian nurses abducted by suspected Islamist militants in Iraq have been released and will be flown home on Saturday, Indian officials said.
The nurses, all from the southern Indian state of Kerala, were being moved from the northern city of Mosul to Erbil, some 80 km (50 miles) away. They will be brought home on an Indian government plane.
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