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Freed Irish priest speaks about captivity

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A 79-year-old Irish priest who was held hostage for a month by rebels in the Philippines has been released.

Father Michael Sinnott was seized by gunmen from his mission office on 11 October.

He told reporters he had been treated ''very well'' although living conditions had been ''primitive''.

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