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Vienna - After eight months in captivity, two Austrians kidnapped by a terrorist group in Tunisia were freed Thursday night in Mali, Austria's foreign ministry announced Friday.

Wolfgang Ebner, 51, and Andrea Kloiber, 43, spent their holiday driving around the Sahara near the Algerian border in February, when they were taken hostage, allegedly by the group al-Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb.

Following months of protracted negotiations, ransom demands and numerous deadlines set and extended by the alleged terrorists, the couple were set to fly home Saturday, Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos said.

Vienna - Two Austrians held by kidnappers in Mali since February have been freed, the Austrian foreign ministry announced Friday.

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Vienna  - Police seized a Bosnian bank robber Thursday who had taken a female hostage in Feldkirch in the westernmost part of Austria, and forced her to drive him across two thirds of the country by car.

After the hostage, a 37-year-old bank employee, had persuaded the armed kidnapper to let her use a bathroom at a rest stop near the town of Enns, police arrested the 43-year old suspect, Austrian news agency APA reported.

Police monitored the robber's car as it drove for around 470 kilometres east from the crime scene, where the unmasked Bosnian had robbed 3,055 euros (3,905 dollars).