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| Kidnapped UN workers in Yemen released |
| 2012-02-03 |
| [Yemen Post] The UN Relief Organization workers, who have been kidnapped by tribes men in the northwest Yemeni province of al-Mahouit , some 50km northwest Sana'a, on Tuesday, late, were released unharmed late on Wednesday, the official Saba News Agency reported. The workers-two Yemenis, German, Iraqi, Paleostinian, and Colombian-were release through a tribal mediation efforts headed by Minister of Electricity Saleh Someh and moved to the UN office in th capital, Sana'a. "The six UN workers, among them two female, were released unharmed," FP quoted Someh as saying. The Relief Organization workers were kidnapped on their way back from a refugee camp in the Haradh district of Hajjah province. The kidnappers wanted to press the government to release their fellow prisoner, Ali Ganem al-Subeh, who is an inmate in the capital's central prison, according to local media outlets. Kidnapping of foreigners have become worryingly commonplace in some Yemeni tribal areas, especially if the rustics want to press the government for something. Last week a UN Norwegian worker was also released after being kidnapped in one of the busiest streets in Sana'a. |
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