French, British tourists kidnapped in Ethiopia
85250
MEKELE, Ethiopia -- 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 yesterday.
432866
The Foreign Office said Friday it was urgently checking reports of a kidnapping in Ethiopia, after eleven French nationals and three Britons were reported missing.
280929
Fifteen European tourists were kidnapped in the remote desert of northern Ethiopia, one of the hottest and most inhospitable areas in the world
482832
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
349577
Fifteen European tourists were kidnapped in the remote desert of northern Ethiopia, one of the hottest and most inhospitable areas in the world, a diplomat and people in the area said. The French Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday that Western tourists have been kidnapped in Ethiopia, but declined to say how many or indicate their nationalities.
446514
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.
110101
MEKELE, Ethiopia, March 3 -- 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.
34023
Three Britons were kidnapped from their house in the plush Mansur district of Baghdad, an interior ministry spokesman said.
487156
Four Britons and a Frenchwoman who disappeared in the remote Ethiopian desert more than a week ago are &quot;safe&quot; but still held by their kidnappers, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Friday.
379553
The five, who were staff and relatives at Britain's embassy in Addis Ababa, were captured in the remote north-east Afar region, near the border with Eritrea.Comment
464852
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.
236149
A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released, it is confirmed.
264284
The government has been in contact with the kidnappers of a European tour group that disappeared in one of Ethiopia's most remote, inhospitable regions, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Saturday.
312410
Five Europeans abducted almost two weeks ago in one of Ethiopia's most remote, inhospitable regions were released Tuesday, but a group of Ethiopians abducted at the same time remain hostages
403948
The mysterious kidnapping of  five Europeans and eight locals has put the international  spotlight on a remote, barren and searingly hot corner of  Ethiopia left behind by the modern world.
124275
The Foreign Office said it was checking reports on Friday that five Europeans kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia have been found safe and well in neighbouring Eritrea.
89060
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