Kidnapped Iraqi woman journalist released unharmed after a week

Iraqi journalist Afrah al-Qaisi, known in her country for criticising the government in satirical articles for local media, has been released unharmed after being kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Baghdad a week ago. The head of the Iraqi Journalistic Freedoms Observatory, Ziyad al-Ajili, said on Wednesday the kidnappers had returned the car, telephone, laptop and gold jewellery they took when they broke into her home and that she drove back overnight around midnight. Iraqi Prime Minister Haid