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Date: 21st March 1991
Service: CEEFAX
Region: N/A
Original Broadcast Channel: BBC1
Current Page: 183
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P183 CEEFAX 183 Thu 21 Mar 21:01/03 Iraq has freed about 1,500 Kuwaitis captured during the occupation, Kuwaiti military sources have said. The prisonjrs had been transferred under Red Cross auspices to a Saudi base in the desert town of Arar over the past few days, they said. Western diplomats said Iraq was eager to hand ovjr the Kuwaitis but the Kuwaiti government's insistence on screening returnees had caused delays. Meanwhile, talks are to be held tonightin Saudi Arabia to try to speed up the repatriation of Iraqi prisoners of war.102Newswatch 170Parliament Next News WorldNews Newswatch Politics