21.   Usually, hostages are released unharmed.

22.   Pietracupa later released unharmed.

23.   Pietracupa was later released unharmed.

24.   Police killed one of the robbers, and the hostages were later released unharmed.

25.   A British worker for Shell and his toddler son have been released unharmed by their kidnappers in Nigeria, a spokesman for the company said Monday.

26.   A businesswoman held captive for about two months has been released unharmed by her kidnappers in the southern Philippines, the military said Thursday.

27.   A British oil worker kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen was released unharmed Wednesday, a British diplomat said.

28.   A Greek embassy employee held in Bonn was freed uninjured and two people from the Kenyan embassy held there by protesters were also released unharmed.

29.   A second kidnapping victim was released unharmed Saturday in Usulutan, a city east of the capital, local media reported.