Monday, September 22, 2008

Tourist Kidnappings

As I'm sure you'll hear, eleven European tourists were kidnapped in southern Egypt; that's the only reason I'm posting "early". The kidnapping of tourists is a comparatively rare occurrence so, why'll I'm sure people back home will be worried, try not to do so in excess.
As for the tourists they are presumably all still alive and a ransom is being negotiated. Here are some links on the developing story:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5isq5m31cqXYQijmvw6cfrqoT6A9QD93BP0G00
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122208255217062503.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/09/22/egypt.italians.kidnapped/?iref=hpmostpop

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