As usual, photographs and press releases preceded the hostage release. First came a picture of two of the four professors abducted 20 months ago from Beirut University College, along with a message that one of the four would be freed. Then came a picture of all four, three of them apparently bidding a smiling farewell to Mithileshwar Singh, 60, an Indian-born business professor who had lived in the U.S. for 18 years before moving to Beirut. Sure enough, shortly after 10 p.m. last Monday his captors dropped off Singh in front of the former Kuwait embassy in southern Beirut. Placed under...
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