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Today in History: December 4, journalist freed after years as Hezbollah hostage

Also on this day, Fred Hampton and Mark Clark of the Black Panther Party were shot and killed during a raid by Chicago police

Journalist Terry Anderson freed after being held hostage
US ex-hostage Terry Anderson waves to well-wishers during a press conference, on December, 04, 1991 in Damascus as US ambassador Christopher Ros (L), UN hostage negotiator Giandomenico Picco (2ndL) and Syrian minister of State Youssef Shakour, look on. Former AP Beirut bureau chief Terry Anderson, was kidnapped in Lebanon in 1985 and was held for 2,454 days by Hezbollah militants. (Photo by Amr NABIL / AFP) (Photo by AMR NABIL/AFP via Getty Images)
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After being abducted and held for nearly seven years as a hostage by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released from captivity.

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