Fifteen foreigners feared kidnapped in Ethiopia
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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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Authorities have detained 15 foreigners in Chechnya, most of them citizens of former Soviet Muslim republics, military officials said Tuesday.
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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.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - A search party scoured a remote northeastern region of Ethiopia on Monday looking for a group of kidnapped Europeans, all linked to the British embassy in Addis Ababa.
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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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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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An operation is under way to rescue five Britons feared kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia.Comment
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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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A group of foreign tourists, mostly from France, reportedly go missing in a remote part of Ethiopia.
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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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The Foreign Office on Friday said it was checking media reports that five Europeans kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia have been found safe and well in neighbouring Eritrea.
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Britain sent a crisis team to Ethiopia on Saturday in an effort to obtain the release of five British embassy workers or their relatives who were kidnapped along with a group of French while on a trip to remote northeastern Ethiopia.
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A team of British officials arrived in Ethiopia on Saturday to help in the hunt for at least five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians feared kidnapped in the remote northeast of the country.
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Fifteen foreigners including 10 French nationals have gone missing during a visit to a remote region of north-east Ethiopia, sources in the local expatriate community said on Friday.
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British and French nationals were among a number of foreign tourists feared kidnapped on Friday in a remote area of northeastern Ethiopia.
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Fifteen foreigners including 10  French nationals have gone missing during a visit to a remote  region of north-east Ethiopia, sources in the local expatriate  community said on Friday.
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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