Somalia: Kidnapped workers believed safe
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Two kidnapped foreign aid workers are believed to be safe and police are on the trail of the gunmen who abducted them, Somali officials said Friday.
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The five British embassy hostages who were freed after being held in Ethiopia said Wednesday they were treated well by their kidnappers but voiced concern for Ethiopians who are still missing.
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Investigators recovered one of the Land Rovers driven by the group A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in northern Ethiopia 12 days ago have been released, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has said.Comment
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Afghan officials say three United Nations workers kidnapped on Oct. 28th in Kabul were freed late Monday in Kabul. The hostages were released late Monday and are in good condition, three Afghan officials
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Three U.N. 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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Three foreign UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan were freed unharmed today, almost four weeks after they were abducted at gunpoint on the streets of the capital Kabul.
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Seven expatriate oil workers abducted in  Nigeria are in good health and their kidnappers have demanded a  ransom, a diplomat said on Thursday.
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According to a relative, one of the three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan by Taliban splinter group Jaish-e Muslimeen (Army of Muslims) has telephoned a friend in her home town and said she is well and not being badly treated.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen in speed boats kidnapped several workers including a number of foreigners in a raid on an Italian oil production vessel off the Nigerian coast on Wednesday, industry and security sources said.
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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released, it is confirmed.
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The drama of foreign oil workers kidnapped for ransom in restive southern Nigeria plays out so often that it seems the hostage takers, the oil giants and the army follow a script &#151; one that usually ends peacefully with the captives released unharmed.
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KUWAIT CITY - Seven employees of a Kuwaiti trucking company who had been kidnapped in Iraq are free and headed to Kuwait, a company spokeswoman told The Associated Press Wednesday.   "They are all fine, in good health...
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Five Europeans and eight Ethiopians kidnapped in remote northern Ethiopia are "unharmed and safe" in the hands of Afar separatist rebels holding them across the border in Eritrea, an Afar leader said on Friday.
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Eight Chinese hostages whose whereabouts had been unknown since their release 24 hours ago are safe in Baghdad and in the hands of the Chinese authorities, a diplomat told AFP.
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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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Crew members on a tugboat seized by pirates off the Somali coast are unharmed and have access to food and water, the ship's Danish owner said Wednesday.
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Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives they are all right, as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release after 12 days in the hands of Taliban-linked militants.