Relief at release of five British hostages in Ethiopia
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Britain voiced relief Tuesday after the release of five members of a British embassy group held for nearly two weeks by a rebel group in a remote part of Ethiopia.
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A Bangladeshi and a Sri Lankan held hostage in Iraq have been released, their governments say.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.    There is wide speculation that ransoms were paid for the freedom of a dozen hostages, including two Italian aid workers...
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Five members of a British embassy group missing for two weeks in a remote part of Ethiopia have been released and are safe and well, British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Tuesday.
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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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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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A British embassy group of five people captured almost two weeks ago in northeast Ethiopia and released Tuesday in Eritrea, left Asmara on Wednesday afternoon, a diplomatic source said.
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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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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 on Monday.Comment
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A Colombian aid worker and two Afghan colleagues who were abducted in Afghanistan earlier this month were freed, their organisation said.
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Five Europeans and eight Ethiopians kidnapped in remote northern Ethiopia are "unharmed and safe" in the hands of Afar separatist rebels holding them across the border in Eritrea, an Afar leader said on Friday.
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Freshly recovered from a heart operation, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was scheduled to fly to Ethiopia on a personal aid mission which he hopes will also provide a restorative boost to his own place in history.
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The British government reportedly prepared a commando unit Monday to rescue five of its nationals kidnapped in northern Ethiopia, as Addis Ababa refused to back claims that Eritrean soldiers carried out the abduction.
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Freshly recovered from a heart operation, British Prime Minister Tony Blair was scheduled to fly to Ethiopia on Tuesday on a personal aid mission which he hopes will also provide a restorative boost to his own ...
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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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British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, responding to reports a group of European hostages were in the hands of Eritrean separatist rebels, said she had received signals the group was "okay".
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A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in Ethiopia 12 days ago are released, it is confirmed.