Foreigners feared kidnapped in Ethiopia
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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
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Five Britons including diplomats and embassy staff were among 15 Western tourists being held by kidnappers in a remote corner of Ethiopia dubbed the "land of death" because of its extreme climate.Comment
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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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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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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 separatist rebels operate.
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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 voiced alarm Monday over the fate of kidnapped embassy staffers in Ethiopia and vowed to do everything to secure their release, amid reports that special forces were on standby.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia -- A European tour group that disappeared last week near the disputed border of Ethiopia and Eritrea appeared to be "safe and secure" but was in the hands of unknown kidnappers, Ethiopia's foreign minister said yesterday.
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Many US and European citizens of Ethiopian origin are being held in Ethiopia for alleged terrorist offences, an official says.
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UK officials attempt to obtain access to the site where five Britons were kidnapped in Ethiopia.
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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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A Briton and two other foreigners helping to organise Afghanistan&#39;s first presidential election have been kidnapped by armed men in Kabul, triggering fears that militants
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Three foreigners helping to organize  Afghanistan's first presidential election were kidnapped by  armed men in Kabul on Thursday, triggering fears that militants  were copying tactics used by insurgents in Iraq.
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An Ethiopian administrator accused Eritrean forces of kidnapping a group of five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in a remote part of Ethiopia, and taking them to a military camp near the Eritrean border.
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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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Several Britons are among a group of tourists missing after kidnap reports in Ethiopia, the UK government says.
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Kabul, Afghanistan -- The kidnapping of three foreign election workers has raised fears that an Iraq-style hostage crisis may be about to engulf the country.