
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, November 30, 1993                   TAG: 9311300014
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: SAN`A, YEMEN                                LENGTH: Short

DIPLOMAT RELEASED BY YEMENIS

Kidnapped U.S. diplomat Haynes Mahoney III was released Monday by Yemeni tribesmen who had held him hostage at their desert stronghold, Interior Minister Yehya al-Mutawakil said.

The minister told The Associated Press that Mahoney was released at 10:30 p.m. He was kidnapped Thursday on his way to a Thanksgiving dinner.

Five gunmen abducted Mahoney, the head of the U.S. Information Service office, in San`a after he left a reception at the Taj Sheba hotel and headed to a friend's house. - Associated Press

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