Foreign Office suspects Afar rebels behind Ethiopia kidnap
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The Foreign Office on Wednesday said the abuduction of a five-member embassy group in Ethiopia last week was likely linked to local rebel groups in the remote northeast Afar region.
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MEKELE, Ethiopia  - A search party scouring a remote northeastern region of Ethiopia looking for five kidnapped Europeans on Monday found two shrapnel-damaged vehicles that had belonged to the group.
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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.Comment
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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.
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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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Ethiopian police said on Saturday they had identified the kidnappers of the British embassy tour group abducted in the remote Ethiopian desert on March 1.
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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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Fifteen French and British tourists were kidnapped in the remote desert of northern Ethiopia, one of the hottest and most inhospitable areas in the world, local sources said.
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An Ethiopian administrator accused Eritrean forces on Saturday of kidnapping a group of five Europeans and 13 Ethiopians in a remote part of Ethiopia, and taking them to a military camp in neighboring Eritrea.
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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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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 with diplomatic connections were missing feared kidnapped in Ethiopia last night amid security concerns.Comment
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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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Eritrea dismissed as "baseless  fabrication" accusations by an Ethiopian official that Eritrean  forces had kidnapped a group of British tourists in a remote  area of Ethiopia.
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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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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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GENEINA, Sudan  - A senior Sudanese official  charged Sunday that a rebel group with which Khartoum is  negotiating to bring peace to the troubled Darfur region was  linked to an alleged coup plot uncovered last week.