Four released in aid group incident
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The government released three members of a Spanish air crew and a 74-year-old Belgian pilot who had been detained over an attempt by a humanitarian activist group to fly 103 African children to Europe.
The Spaniards, two pilots and an air steward, were freed from the main prison in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, and flown back to Madrid.
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