3 UN election workers kidnapped
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Men in military uniforms held up a United Nations vehicle in Kabul yesterday and abducted three election workers at gunpoint. It was the first kidnapping of UN or aid workers
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan said Friday that it would execute the hostages if the authorities pursued their search for the kidnappers.
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KARACHI, Pakistan : Dec 12 (SADA) - The head of a militant group that kidnapped three UN workers in Afghanistan recently was arrested in Karachi by the Pakistani security forces.
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A UN election worker holding dual British and Irish nationality is among three foreigners seized in Afghanistan today.
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Three Italians working for the Agip oil company have been kidnapped during an attack by armed assailants on an oil installation in southern Nigeria in which one person was wounded.
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By Declan Walsh in Islamabad and Duncan Campbell and Ewen MacAskill inLondon. Oct 30 (Guardian News Service):NATO troops are hunting for three United Nations workers kidnapped in Afghanistan&#39;s first Iraqi-style abduction on Thursday.
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KABUL -- Three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan are in the hands of criminals, not Taliban-linked militants who have threatened to kill them, an Afghan official said Wednesday.
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The United Nations was increasingly worried about three of its election workers, it said on Thursday as it marked one week since they were abducted at gunpoint in Kabul by a Taliban splinter group which has threatened to kill them.
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The Afghan election commission has confirmed the kidnapping of three foreign election workers in the capital of Kabul, according to CRIENGLISH.
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Mrs Flanigan and two other UN officials were snatched in the capital Kabul last week while monitoring the country`s presidential election.
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Three UN workers abducted almost three weeks ago in Afghanistan are probably being held by criminals and not by a Taliban splinter group that has threatened to kill them, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Armed men in military uniforms stopped a UN vehicle in Kabul on Thursday, beating the driver and abducting three foreigners who were in Afghanistan to help oversee landmark presidential elections.
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Two Norwegians and two Ukrainians working on an oil supply vessel in Nigeria have been kidnapped, the Norwegian government and the ship operators said.
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan told news agencies Saturday that the hostages would be killed unless all Taliban
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The UN has issued an appeal for the immediate return of its three staff members, which included a woman from Northern Ireland, kidnapped in Kabul last week.
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24 November 2004 - Three United Nations election workers freed yesterday nearly a month after being abducted in Afghanistan today thanked the Afghan people for the support shown during their ordeal and said they were looking forward to getting back to
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Three UN workers abducted almost three weeks ago in Afghanistan are probably being held by armed robbers and not by a Taliban splinter group that has threatened to kill them, the Interior Ministry says.