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Abducted Darfur Aid Workers Make Contact

Trio is unharmed; Sudan begins talks with kidnappers

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 13, 2009 1:42 PM CDT

(Newser) – The three foreign-aid workers from Doctors Without Borders who were kidnapped earlier this week in Darfur contacted the group today to report they were unharmed, the New York Times says. Separately, Sudan’s government began ransom negotiations to free the workers, who had been protected by Sudanese guards. One official called the abduction of guarded aid workers “quite unprecedented.”

Doctors Without Borders executive Christopher Stokes speaks yesterday.
Doctors Without Borders executive Christopher Stokes speaks yesterday.   (AP Photo)
Doctors Without Borders official Stephan Goetghebuer pauses before speaking during a media conference at the group's headquarters in Brussels yesterday.
Doctors Without Borders official Stephan Goetghebuer pauses before speaking during a media conference at the group's headquarters in Brussels yesterday.   (AP Photo)
Marily McHard, director general of Doctors Without Borders Canada, takes a phone call in her Toronto office yesterday.
Marily McHard, director general of Doctors Without Borders Canada, takes a phone call in her Toronto office yesterday.   (The Canadian Press)
People line up for a measles vaccination from representatives of Doctors Without Borders in southern Sudan.
People line up for a measles vaccination from representatives of Doctors Without Borders in southern Sudan.   (AP Photo)
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