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Deadline looms for kidnapped journalists

Source: Canada.com

Mogadishu : Somalia | about 1 year ago

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Poplak got to know Lindhout over a three-week stint in Kabul in the summer of 2007 and remembers the Sylvan Lake native as someone "who got things done." He had been in Israel the previous spring when BBC reporter Alan Johnston was kidnapped by a radical Muslim faction in the Gaza Strip and held for 114 days....

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Two journalists freed in Somalia.

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There are reports that up to a million was paid in ransom but this has not been confirmed. It is probable that at least some significant ransom was paid or the two would not have been released. Brennan tried to escape and after that he was tortured apparently. The excerpts are from

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Deadline nears for kidnapped journalists

News Source: Delhi News-Record | about 1 year ago

The clock is ticking for an Alberta journalist kidnapped in Somalia, but an expert in similar situations says there's no need to panic. It has been two weeks since the kidnappers of Amanda Lindhout, 27, of Sylvan Lake and her Australian colleague...
Deadline looms for kidnapped journalists

News Source: Canada.com | about 1 year ago

Poplak got to know Lindhout over a three-week stint in Kabul in the summer of 2007 and remembers the Sylvan Lake native as someone "who got things done." He had been in Israel the previous spring when BBC reporter Alan Johnston was kidnapped by a...