{"id":3056,"date":"2016-04-21T10:48:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/21\/60-minutes-crew-and-australian-mother-released-from-lebanon-after-kidnapping-ordeal\/"},"modified":"2016-04-21T10:48:56","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T02:48:56","slug":"60-minutes-crew-and-australian-mother-released-from-lebanon-after-kidnapping-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/04\/21\/60-minutes-crew-and-australian-mother-released-from-lebanon-after-kidnapping-ordeal\/","title":{"rendered":"60 minutes crew and Australian mother released from Lebanon after kidnapping ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Faulkner\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.2.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA0LzIwLzRkL2ZhdWxrbmVyLmFkYTc4LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/8cd19fb5\/122\/faulkner.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=60+minutes+crew+and+Australian+mother+released+from+Lebanon+after+kidnapping+ordeal&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F20%2Flebanon-kidnap-australia%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F04%2F20%2Flebanon-kidnap-australia%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>An Australian mother and TV crew detained in Beirut amid a botched attempt to take the woman&#8217;s two children from their Lebanese father were released on bail Wednesday, in a dramatic climax to a high-profile child custody battle that has spanned two continents.<\/p>\n<p>Ali al-Amin, the father of the two children, aged 3 and 5, announced he has dropped attempted kidnapping charges against his estranged Australian wife Sally Faulkner and the Channel 9 TV crew, because he &#8220;didn&#8217;t want the kids to think I was keeping their mother in jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/20\/uluru-australia-climb\/\">7 obvious reasons why you shouldn&#8217;t climb this sacred site in Australia<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/04\/20\/lebanon-kidnap-australia\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/lebanon\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Lebanon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/australia\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Australia<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/world\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">World<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/z-dw-xEI6mo\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian mother and TV crew detained in Beirut amid a botched attempt to take the woman&#8217;s two children from their Lebanese father were released on bail Wednesday, in a dramatic climax to a high-profile child custody battle that has &hellip; 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