NIAMEY, Niger — Islamic extremists have freed an Australian woman kidnapped last month in northern Burkina Faso, although her husband remains in captivity despite pleas from the family and efforts by officials to secure his release. Jocelyn Elliott and her husband — surgeon Ken Elliott — were kidnapped on Jan.

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