Yemenis 'abduct foreign tourists'
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At least three foreign tourists are kidnapped by armed tribesmen in Yemen, local officials say.
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Thieves, rapists, kidnappers and hoaxers  are preying on tsunami survivors and families of victims in  Asian refugee camps and hospitals and in the home countries of  European tourists hit by the wave.
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Hotel deals abound as foreign governments issue travel warnings to would-be visitors.
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Four French tourists abducted in Yemen have been freed, says an MP who has been mediating their release.
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Yemen has received information that  foreign terrorists are planning to attack its sea ports, a  security source said on Wednesday.
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"Security measures were taken around sensitive sites such as oil installations but we did not think of this temple."  Yemen stepped up security around government buildings and foreign interests on Tuesday a day after a suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber killed seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis at a tourist site. via AlertNet
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Armed Yemeni tribesmen kidnapped on  Sunday five French tourists in the east of the country, a  Yemeni government official said.
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Eritrea dismissed as "baseless  fabrication" accusations by an Ethiopian official that Eritrean  forces had kidnapped a group of British tourists in a remote  area of Ethiopia.
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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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A senior Ethiopian official accused Eritrean forces on Saturday of kidnapping five Britons and 13 Ethiopians and taking them to a military camp in neighbouring Eritrea.Comment
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Yemen's security forces have arrested a   man they said was a senior al Qaeda militant who was also a   bodyguard for an opposition candidate in Wednesday's election,   President Ali Abdullah Saleh said.
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Fifteen foreigners, including 11 French nationals, a Briton and an Italian, are believed to have been kidnapped in a remote and inhospitable area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate.
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Yemen's security forces have arrested a   man they said was a senior al Qaeda militant who was also a   bodyguard for an opposition candidate standing in Wednesday's   elections, President Ali Abdullah Saleh said.
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Men suspected of killing French tourists in Mauritania belong to an al-Qaeda-linked group, prosecutors say.
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Thieves, rapists, kidnappers and hoaxers are preying on tsunami survivors and families of victims in Asian refugee camps and hospitals and in the home countries of European tourists hit by the wave.
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Eritrea dismissed as "baseless fabrication" accusations by an Ethiopian official that Eritrean forces had kidnapped a group of British tourists in a remote area of Ethiopia.
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Thieves, rapists, kidnappers and  hoaxers are preying on tsunami survivors and families of  victims in Asian refugee camps, hospitals and in the home  countries of European tourists hit by the wave.