Ethiopia hostages "safe" with rebels: local leader
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Five Europeans and eight locals  kidnapped in remote north Ethiopia are "unharmed and safe" in  the hands of Afar separatist rebels holding them over the  border in Eritrea, an Afar leader said on Friday.
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Five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia almost two weeks ago have been released but the whereabouts of eight locals seized with them remain unclear, British and Ethiopian officials said on Tuesday.
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Rebels in south-eastern Ethiopia's Somali region say they will observe a truce for a week-long UN visit.
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One of three Italians kidnapped last week by suspected militants in Nigeria's volatile Niger delta region told AFP that all the hostages are &quot;fine&quot;.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday welcomed Group of Eight nations' support for his initiative to free hostages held by left-wing rebels, but a guerrilla leader he released from prison to try to negotiate a deal warned that any agreement remained elusive.
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A manhunt was on in Ethiopia Saturday after an unidentified group kidnapped five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in the country's northeast, after conflicting reports that up to 20 foreigners had been abducted.
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Three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan met President Hamid Karzai on Wednesday and appeared happy and well despite a kidnap ordeal lasting nearly a month.
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The British government said it was checking media reports on Friday that five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia are safe and well -- but urged caution.
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Days after the last rebel group in this beleaguered African nation agreed to stop fighting, the governor of Bubanza province took a phone call. The rebels were on the line &#151; and they wanted groceries.
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Rebels in Aceh have agreed not to disrupt the flow of aid into the province, Indonesia's foreign minister says.
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The Foreign Office on Wednesday said the abduction of a five-member embassy group in Ethiopia last week was likely linked to local rebel groups in the remote northeast Afar region.
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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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Ethiopia said on Saturday it  was in contact with an armed group that kidnapped five European  and eight locals in a remote northern region -- but ruled out a  military operation to rescue them.
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Five Europeans were to be reunited with family and loved ones after being kidnapped in Ethiopia and held captive for 13 days by an armed rebel group in one of the most inhospitable places on earth, officials said Wednesday.
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Somalia's top Islamist leader said on Friday his fighters did not plan to attack the Horn of Africa nation's interim government but only its "invading" Ethiopian allies.
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Ethiopia's prime minister said Monday that officials have a good idea of the whereabouts of five Europeans kidnapped in one of the country's most remote, inhospitable regions.
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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