Niger rebels free Chinese hostage - military source

NIAMEY, July 10 (Reuters) Tuareg-led rebels in northern Niger TOday released a Chinese uranium executive they kidnapped four days ago, a military source in the West African country said.

The source, who asked not to be named, said Zhang Guohua, an executive at China Nuclear International Uranium Corp (Sino-U), was being handed over to the Red Cross and could be back in the capital Niamey by tomorrow.

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