A group of archaeology researchers were taken hostage last Sunday by men demanding a cash ransom. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY - An Australian professor, held for a week by armed men in a remote part of Papua New Guinea, has been released along with two local colleagues, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported on Sunday.
The group were on a trip to the remote village of Fogoma’iu in the Mount Bosavi region, near the boundary of Southern Highlands and Hela provinces when they were seized.
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