Aids Workers Held For $2 Million Ransom in Darfur »

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Hilda Kawuki and Sharon Commins were working with the Irish aid group GOAL in Darfur when they were kidnapped from their base on July 3 by armed gunmen. After nearly two weeks, the kidnappers have spoken, and they want $2 million ransom in exchange for Kawuki and Commins. This latest incident is the third time humanitarian workers have been abducted in Darfur in the last four months, and international governments and NGOs hardly wish to encourage more malfeasance.

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    MisterKalan4 months, 2 weeks ago

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    this really isn't making the news? It's sad that it takes a death of one of these workers to make headlines, when the capture of them is nearly as bad... but there's something that can be done about it

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      wordpicture4 months, 2 weeks ago

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      kind of insane...

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        LeviBFelix4 months, 1 week ago

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        How come i didn't hear about this anywhere else?

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