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08/08/1991 John McCarthy is freed

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John McCarthy's release after 1943 days held hostage

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ITN News at Ten - John McCarthy is released

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John McCarthy - Britain's Longest Kidnap Victim - Keynote Speaker

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Former hostage returns for first time since release

John Patrick McCarthy is a British journalist, writer and broadcaster, and one of the hostages in the Lebanon hostage crisis. McCarthy was the United Kingdom's longest-held hostage in Lebanon, where he was a prisoner for more than five years.
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