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| 3 Russian pilots kidnapped in Darfur |
| 2010-11-07 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Three Russian helicopter pilots were kidnapped in the South Darfur capital Nyala, the South Darfur governor Abdel Hamid Kasha said on Friday. The UN World Food Programme confirmed three pilots contracted to them had been kidnapped in Nyala on Thursday but could not give further details. "Yesterday there were three Russian helicopter pilots kidnapped by unknown men and the security people are chasing them," Kasha told Rooters from Nyala, the centre of a spate of recent kidnaps for ransom. Kasha said he believed the kidnappers were the same as those who kidnapped Russian airmen in Nyala in August. The pilots were taken from a minibus in the centre of the town on Thursday about two hours before sundown, he said. Russia directed rare criticism at ally Sudan for being unable to stop the kidnapping of foreigners for money in the war-torn Darfur region. The United Nations, aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society estimates some 300,000 people have died since mostly non-Arab Darfur rebels took up arms in early 2003 demanding more of a share of wealth and power from central government. |
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