ETHIOPIA: Five freed British embassy hostages arrive in back in Addis Ababa to be reunited with their friends and family
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ETHIOPIA: Five freed British embassy hostages arrive in back in Addis Ababa to be reunited with their friends and family
The five freed hostages arrive back in Ethiopia to be reunited with their families. They flew in from neighbouring Eritrea, were they were taken for medical checks after their release . The five British embassy hostages who were kidnapped in Ethiopia arrived at the Addis Ababa airport on Wednesday (March 14) to be reunited with their friends and family. The three British men, one Italian-British woman and a French woman, were first released to Eritrean authorities following their ordeal. The five, based in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, including First Secretary Peter Rudge, were kidnapped on March 1 along with 13 Ethiopians accompanying them, who haven't been released yet. They had been on a tourist trip to see geological sites in remote north eastern Ethiopia.
ITN Source | March 15, 2007
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