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30/12/2009

National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah, including news of the British hostage released after spending more than two years in captivity in Iraq.

National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah.

A British hostage kidnapped in Iraq for more than two and a half years has been released.

Afghan officials have accused US forces of killing 10 civilians in the far east of the country - the coalition insists those killed were insurgents.

And we look at higher education in Britain at the end of a difficult year for universities and graduates.

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