Britain sends 'crisis team' to Ethiopia
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Britain sent a crisis team to Ethiopia on Saturday in an effort to obtain the release of five British embassy workers or their relatives who were kidnapped along with a group of French while on a trip to remote northeastern Ethiopia.
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Britain is to send two Royal Navy ships and a military cargo plane to help relief efforts following the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami, officials in London said.
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ADDIS ABABA - Two groups of tourists, including at least seven French nationals and five Britons, are believed to have been kidnapped in a remote and inhospitable area of Ethiopia where ...Comment
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British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, responding to reports a group of European hostages kidnapped in Ethiopia by Afar separatists rebels were in Eritrea, said she had received signals the group was "okay".
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A high-level British government crisis cell met Tuesday to discuss how to respond to the abduction of five Britons who were seized in broad daylight in Baghdad.
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Britain hopes to use a summit in Ethiopia this week to force an international community obsessed with Iraq and terrorism to also focus on the &quot;scar&quot; of Africa.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Sudan for talks with the country's leadership on how to resolve the humanitarian crisis in the country's war-torn western region of Darfur, an AFP reporter travelling with Blair said.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to say Thursday that the time for excuses on Africa is over as he chairs a meeting in Ethiopia he hopes will turn the continent's problems into a global priority.
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British authorities voiced alarm on Monday at the discovery in Ethiopia of the remains of burnt out cars where five Britons were abducted last week.Comment
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The Foreign Office said Friday it was urgently checking reports of a kidnapping in Ethiopia, after eleven French nationals and three Britons were reported missing.
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The crisis in Kenya is set to dominate an African Union summit  in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
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The five, who were staff and relatives at Britain's embassy in Addis Ababa, were captured in the remote north-east Afar region, near the border with Eritrea.Comment
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The British prime minister arrives in Ethiopia for a meeting he hopes will help change Africa's fortunes.
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The United States on Thursday announced it had sent a team to assess humanitarian needs in Ethiopia's Ogaden region, where government troops have been battling insurgents since June last year.
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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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British Prime Minister Tony Blair moved from the crisis in Sudan to addressing the roots of conflict and poverty Africa
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Tuesday a major humanitarian crisis could be developing in Ethiopia&#39;s rebel Ogaden region, where the organisation was repeatedly denied access in recent weeks.