Eritrea denies seizing tourists, blames Ethiopia
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ADDIS ABABA - Eritrea dismissed as "baseless fabrication" accusations by an Ethiopian official that Eritrean forces had kidnapped a group of British tourists in a remote ...Comment
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Eritrea has ignored a U.N.  deadline to grant peacekeepers on its border with Ethiopia  access to badly needed fuel, but despite the shortfall, a U.N.  official said U.N. troops are reluctant to leave because they  fear war could erupt.
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Ethiopian police said on Saturday they had identified the kidnappers of the British embassy tour group abducted in the remote Ethiopian desert on March 1.
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Eritrea denies the claim made by a senior Ethiopian official that its soldiers kidnapped five Europeans connected to the British embassy.Comment
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An Ethiopian administrator accused Eritrean forces on Saturday of kidnapping a group of five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in a remote part of Ethiopia, and taking them to a military camp in neighboring Eritrea.
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At least a dozen European tourists were kidnapped in remote northeastern Ethiopia, a barren expanse of volcanoes and ancient salt mines where bandits and rebels operate, diplomats and local businessmen said ...Comment
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Eritrea has arrested some United   Nations staff working for a peacekeeping mission in Eritrea and   Ethiopia on accusations that they tried to smuggle young people   out of the country, the government's Web site said.
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Five Britons with diplomatic connections were missing feared kidnapped in Ethiopia last night amid security concerns.Comment
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Ethiopia said on Saturday it  was in contact with an armed group that kidnapped five European  and eight locals in a remote northern region -- but ruled out a  military operation to rescue them.
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Egypt&#39;s Minister of Tourism, Ahmed El Maghrabi, denied reports that the number of tourists visiting Egypt declined following the October 7 attacks on the Hilton Hotel in Taba.
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The British government reportedly prepared a commando unit Monday to rescue five of its nationals kidnapped in northern Ethiopia, as Addis Ababa refused to back claims that Eritrean soldiers carried out the abduction.
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Five Europeans and eight locals kidnapped in remote north Ethiopia are "unharmed and safe" in the hands of Afar separatist rebels holding them over the border in Eritrea, an Afar leader said on Friday.
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Five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians have been kidnapped by an unidentified group in northeastern Ethiopia, police announced here Friday, after conflicting reports that up to 20 foreigners had been abducted.
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Five European tourists who went missing last week in northeastern Ethiopia are being held by kidnappers in a remote tribal region, Ethiopia's foreign minister said
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Eritrea accuses Sudan of trying to assassinate their president, while Sudan says Eritrea backs Darfur rebels.
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Several Britons are among a group of tourists missing after kidnap reports in Ethiopia, the UK government says.
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Fifteen European tourists were kidnapped in the remote desert of northern Ethiopia, one of the hottest and most inhospitable areas in the world, a diplomat and people in the area said. The French Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday that Western tourists have been kidnapped in Ethiopia, but declined to say how many or indicate their nationalities.