AFP - Norman Kember, the British hostage held in Iraq for almost four months before being freed this week, arrived back in London on a flight from Kuwait, the domestic Press Association news agency reported.

Freed British hostage Norman Kember has arrived in London after being held captive in Iraq for nearly four months.

Reuters - Freed Christian peace campaigner Norman Kember flew home to Britain on Saturday following his dramatic dawn rescue by special forces soldiers after being held hostage in Iraq for nearly four months.

British former hostage Norman Kember returns to the UK after 117 days spent captive in Baghdad.

British former hostage Norman Kember is on his way back to the UK from Iraq, his peace group says.

Reuters - Iraqi leaders were holding their first formal talks in several days on Friday as Washington kept up pressure on them to form a national unity government that can avert civil war.

AP - Without firing a shot, U.S. and British forces stormed a house Thursday and freed three Christian peace activists who were bound but unguarded, ending a four-month hostage ordeal that saw an American in the group killed and dumped along a railroad track.

AFP - Friends and family of British peace activist Norman Kember celebrated his rescue from captivity in Iraq, providing a brief lift for a government heavily criticised over its military role there.

U.S. and British forces acting on a tip from a detainee today rescued three Christian peace activists without firing a shot, a U.S. military spokesman said. The rescue ended a four-month drama in which the lone American in the group, Tom Fox, was shot to death and dumped on a Baghdad street. James Loney and Harmeet Sooden of Canada and Briton Norman Kember were found in a house in western Baghdad, according to Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch. In a statement issued by his embassy, Kember said, "It's great to be free."

U.S. and British forces acting on a tip from a detainee today rescued three Christian peace activists without firing a shot, a U.S. military spokesman said. The rescue ended a four-month drama in which the lone American in the group, Tom Fox, was shot to death and dumped on a Baghdad street. James Loney and Harmeet Sooden of Canada and Briton Norman Kember were found in a house in western Baghdad, according to Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch. In a statement issued by his embassy, Kember said, "It's great to be free."

Friends and family of Norman Kember have told of their relief after the Briton and two Canadian hostages were freed in Iraq.

U.S. and British forces acting on a tip from a detainee today rescued three Christian peace activists without firing a shot, a U.S. military spokesman said. The rescue ended a four-month drama in which the lone American in the group, Tom Fox, was shot to death and dumped on a Baghdad street. James Loney and Harmeet Sooden of Canada and Briton Norman Kember were found in a house in western Baghdad, according to Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch. In a statement issued by his embassy, Kember said, "It's great to be free."

U.S. and British forces acting on a tip from a detainee today rescued three Christian peace activists without firing a shot, a U.S. military spokesman said. The rescue ended a four-month drama in which the lone American in the group, Tom Fox, was shot to death and dumped on a Baghdad street. James Loney and Harmeet Sooden of Canada and Briton Norman Kember were found in a house in western Baghdad, according to Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch. In a statement issued by his embassy, Kember said, "It's great to be free."

AP - Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 250 foreigners and killed at least 40 of them:

AFP - Norman Kember, the kidnapped Briton freed in Iraq with two Canadian colleagues after four months in captivity, is in "good spirits" and relaxing at the British Embassy, an embassy spokeswoman said.

U.S. and British forces acting on a tip from a detainee today rescued three Christian peace activists without firing a shot, a U.S. military spokesman said. The rescue ended a four-month drama in which the lone American in the group, Tom Fox, was shot to death and dumped on a Baghdad street. James Loney and Harmeet Sooden of Canada and Briton Norman Kember were found in a house in western Baghdad, according to Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch. In a statement issued by his embassy, Kember said, "It's great to be free."

Coalition forces today rescued three kidnapped Christian aid workers in western Baghdad after receiving information about their location from a detainee captured the night before, a U.S. military official said. James Loney and Harmeet Sooden of Canada, Briton Norman Kember and American Tom Fox were kidnapped on November 26. Fox's body was found in Baghdad two weeks ago. He had been shot in the head.

A Briton and two Canadian Christian aid workers held hostage in Iraq for almost four months have been freed apparently unharmed with no shots fired. Briton Norman Kember and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden were rescued in a special forces operation -- though their captors were not present at the time, CNN's Nic Robertson reports. Their American colleague, Tom Fox, was found dead March 9 in western Baghdad.

A Briton and two Canadian Christian aid workers held hostage in Iraq for almost four months have been freed apparently unharmed with no shots fired. Briton Norman Kember and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden were rescued in a special forces operation -- though their captors were not present at the time, CNN's Nic Robertson reports. Their American colleague, Tom Fox, was found dead March 9 in western Baghdad.

Three Christian aid workers -- a Briton and two Canadians -- held hostage in Iraq for almost four months have been freed in a multinational military operation in Baghdad, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today. Freed were Briton Norman Kember and Canadians James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden. Their American colleague, Tom Fox, was found dead March 9 in western Baghdad.