Adi Sharon, a 12-year-old Israeli who was kidnapped by Chechen rebels and later freed, was released from a hospital in Israel after about a month of treatment for an ulcer. He was kidnapped during a visit to Russia last year by Chechen rebels, who cut off two of his fingers during his captivity.
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