Ethiopia says European hostages unharmed
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Five Europeans and eight locals kidnapped by gunmen in remote north Ethiopia are in good condition despite more than a week's captivity, the government and a local community leader said on Friday.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - 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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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released.
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Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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Four Britons and a Frenchwoman who disappeared in the remote Ethiopian desert more than a week ago are &quot;safe&quot; but still held by their kidnappers, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Friday.
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Five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia 12  days ago have been released and are in good health, British  foreign minister Margaret Beckett said on Tuesday.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago were freed on Tuesday and are safe,  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
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A team of British officials arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday to help in the hunt for at least five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians feared kidnapped in the remote northeast of the country.
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Britain voiced relief Tuesday after the release of five members of a British embassy group held for nearly two weeks by a rebel group in a remote part of Ethiopia.
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Five Europeans abducted almost two weeks ago in one of Ethiopia's most remote, inhospitable regions were released Tuesday, but a group of Ethiopians abducted at the same time remain hostages
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Five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia almost two weeks ago have been released but the whereabouts of eight locals seized with them remain unclear, British and Ethiopian officials said on Tuesday.
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A manhunt was on in Ethiopia Saturday after an unidentified group kidnapped five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in the country's northeast, after conflicting reports that up to 20 foreigners had been abducted.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan were freed on Monday during a raid by NATO-led troops, Italian officials said.
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The Foreign Office said it was checking reports on Friday that five Europeans kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia have been found safe and well in neighbouring Eritrea.
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Three international workers held hostage in Afghanistan&#39;s capital, Kabul, for almost a month were freed today, the United Nations said.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago were set free on Tuesday along with  kidnapped Iraqis and Egyptians in a flurry of releases, but an  abducted Briton remained under threat of death.
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Three Europeans abducted three weeks ago from a bar in Nigeria's oil-rich south are freed in a military operation.