U.S. tourists freed unharmed in Sinai: security source

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Two U.S. tourists were released unharmed in the Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, security sources said, a day after being abducted by Bedouin tribesmen seeking the release of a kinsman held by the Egyptian authorities in a drugs case. The Americans, both 31-year-old men, were seized on Wednesday while driving near the resort of Dahab. "The tourists are with Egyptian security now," a security source told Reuters. "They were released after successful negotiations with the army, with the mediation of Bedouin sheikhs." The U.S. ...

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