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Image from International Committee of the Red Cross of the organisation's New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi
Image from International Committee of the Red Cross of the organisation's New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi Source: AAP

New Zealand has deployed a special forces unit to Syria, to search for a Red Cross nurse kidnapped by IS.

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New Zealand has deployed a special forces unit to Syria, to search for a Red Cross nurse kidnapped by IS.

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