Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia free: Britain
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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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Three Europeans abducted three weeks ago from a bar in Nigeria's oil-rich south are freed in a military operation.
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A number of British nationals connected to government agencies are missing in Ethiopia, the Foreign Office said Friday as it urgently checked out reports of Western tourists being kidnapped.
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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.Comment
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Hostage takers released three European captives Monday in Nigeria's restive oil region, officials said.
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Ethiopian and UK officials are working to secure the safe return of five British people kidnapped four days ago.
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The Foreign Office confirmed Saturday that a team of British officials had arrived in Addis Ababa as a manhunt was stepped up for those behind the kidnapping of a group of Westerners.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia -- A European tour group that disappeared last week near the disputed border of Ethiopia and Eritrea appeared to be "safe and secure" but was in the hands of unknown kidnappers, Ethiopia's foreign minister said yesterday.
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Five out of 13 Ethiopians believed to have been kidnapped with five Britons in the remote Afar region have been found by the security forces, the state news agency said.
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An Ethiopian administrator accused Eritrean forces of kidnapping a group of five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in a remote part of Ethiopia, and taking them to a military camp near the Eritrean border.Comment
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Four Britons who were captured by Ethiopian forces on the Somali-Kenyan border have returned to Britain and were immediately held under anti-terrorism laws, the police 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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Ethiopian security forces  scoured a remote northeastern region on Monday in search of a  group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy  in Addis Ababa.
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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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MEKELE, Ethiopia, March 4 -- Eritrea on Sunday dismissed allegations that its forces had crossed into neighboring Ethiopia and kidnapped five Britons affiliated with their country's embassy and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote border region.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan were freed on Monday during a raid by NATO-led troops, officials said.
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Kidnappers in Nigeria free a three-year-old British girl held hostage since Thursday, officials say.