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Journo talks after Somali kidnapper arrest

A CANADIAN freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Somalia has spoken for the first time since her kidnapper's arrest in Ottawa.

A CANADIAN freelance journalist who was kidnapped in Somalia with an Australian photojournalist has spoken for the first time since her alleged kidnapper's arrest.

AMANDA Lindhout says the man, who was arrested by police in Ottawa on Thursday, terrorised her mother by calling her multiple times a day to extract a ransom.

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