WORLD IN BRIEF : SOMALIA : AP Reporter Freed After 20 Days
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Kidnapers released an Associated Press correspondent 20 days after seizing her from a car in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Tina Susman, 35, was in good health. News of the June 18 kidnaping had been withheld by news organizations to facilitate attempts to secure her release. Her abductors initially demanded $300,000, then lower amounts, but AP said no ransom was paid. Susman’s captors allowed her to receive food, books and bottled water, and to send and receive written messages.
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