Fears rise for Britons abducted in Ethiopian desert
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Fears rose Tuesday for a British embassy group abducted last week in the Ethiopian desert after the discovery of their bullet-riddled cars near the Eritrean border.
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At least a dozen European tourists were kidnapped in remote northeastern Ethiopia, a barren expanse of volcanoes and ancient salt mines where bandits and rebels operate, diplomats and local businessmen said ...Comment
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - Ethiopian security forces scoured a remote northeastern region on Monday in search of a group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa.
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Britain has prepared a crack Special Air Service team to rescue five Britons feared kidnapped in Ethiopia, if diplomatic efforts to release them fail, press reports said.Comment
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ADDIS ABABA - Fifteen foreigners, including 11 French nationals, a Briton and an Italian, are missing and believed kidnapped in a remote area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate, ...Comment
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Four Britons who were captured by Ethiopian forces on the Somali-Kenyan border have returned to Britain and were immediately held under anti-terrorism laws, the police said.
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The blockade in the central Ogaden region of Ethiopia puts hundreds of thousands of people at risk of starvation, Western diplomats and humanitarian officials say.
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Ethiopian police said on Saturday that they have identified the kidnappers of the British embassy tour group abducted in the remote Ethiopian desert on March 1.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - 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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UK officials attempt to obtain access to the site where five Britons were kidnapped in Ethiopia.
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Fifteen foreigners, including 11 French nationals, a Briton and an Italian, are missing and believed kidnapped in a remote area of Ethiopia where separatist rebels operate, diplomats said on Friday.
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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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The British embassy group kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia was set to leave Eritrea &quot;as quickly as possible,&quot; the Foreign Office said Wednesday, adding they had slept well after their ordeal.
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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 neighboring Eritrea.
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UK officials attempt to go to the site where five Britons were kidnapped in Ethiopia, as others meet Ethiopia's PM.
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"We are urgently looking into reports that a group of Westerners has been kidnapped."  SEVERAL Britons were feared kidnapped in Baghdad today on another bloody day for Iraq. via Edinburgh News
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Ethiopian officials on Saturday accused forces from archrival Eritrea of kidnapping five British citizens and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote region near the African countries' long-disputed border, then taking the group to a military camp in Eritrea.