Search begins for British tourists kidnapped in Ethiopia
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The Foreign Office confirmed Saturday that a team of British officials had arrived in Addis Ababa as a manhunt was stepped up for those behind the kidnapping of a group of Westerners.
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The Somali security forces are hunting for the gang which kidnapped two women who work for an aid agency.
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Five European tourists who went missing last week in northeastern Ethiopia are being held by kidnappers in a remote tribal region, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Friday.
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Five European tourists who went missing last week in northeastern Ethiopia are being held by kidnappers in a remote tribal region, Ethiopia's foreign minister said
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MEKELE, Ethiopia, March 4 -- Eritrea on Sunday dismissed allegations that its forces had crossed into neighboring Ethiopia and kidnapped five Britons affiliated with their country's embassy and 13 Ethiopians who were touring a remote border region.
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Five Europeans kidnapped in Ethiopia almost two weeks ago have been released but the whereabouts of eight locals seized with them remain unclear, British and Ethiopian officials said on 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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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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British security officials hunting for Margaret Hassan are trying to contact the intermediary who acted as the conduit with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s group during the kidnapping of Kenneth Bigley.
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British authorities voiced alarm on Monday at the discovery in Ethiopia of the remains of burnt out cars where five Britons were abducted last week.Comment
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The UN mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea said Sunday it was ready to assist in a potential operation to rescue a British embassy tour group abducted in Ethiopia on March 1.
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Comments SAS troopers are reportedly on the trail of kidnappers who snatched five British diplomatic workers in Ethiopia.Comment
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Police in Bangladesh have begun a massive search to recover two rare archaeological artifacts stolen from Dhaka airport, officials said on Monday.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Contacts began on Friday to try to win the release of a British toddler seized by kidnappers who have threatened to kill her unless they are paid ransom.
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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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Ethiopian and UK officials are working to secure the safe return of five British people kidnapped four days ago.
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Five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians have been kidnapped by an unidentified group in northeastern Ethiopia, police announced here Friday, after conflicting reports that up to 20 foreigners had been abducted.