Indian flees captors linked to al Qaida

Manila : Philippines | Aug 10, 2012 at 7:00 PM PDT

Source: Telegraph India

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75% Today Rain or thundershower may occur in some areas...Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 10: When the ringing telephone woke Nalini at 2.45am today, it was to inform her that her prayers of the past 14 months had been answered. Her son Biju, 36, had escaped from his militant captors in faraway Philippines... FULL ARTICLE AT Telegraph India

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