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The largest hostage exchange between Yemen and Hutu rebels begins

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Sana'a (Yemen), Oct 15 (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Yahya Arhab).- The largest exchange of prisoners of war between the internationally recognized government of Yemen and the Hutu rebels, involving the release of 1,081 people, began Thursday with the simultaneous takeoff of the first two Red Cross planes from the airports of Sana'a and Sayoun. Shortly after the departure of the first plane from Sana'a, the Yemeni capital under Hutu control, another small aircraft departed with 15 prisoners of Saudi nationality and four Sudanese.FOOTAGE OF THE PRISONER EXCHANGE.

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