News Article by REUTERS posted on September 23, 2008 at 23:20:21: EST (-5 GMT)
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Egypt: Kidnappers and Hostages are Found in Sudan Near Border Cairo (REUTERS) -- The authorities have located a group of kidnappers and the 19 hostages they seized in Egypt on Friday, but no rescue attempt that could endanger the hostages is planned, a Sudanese official said Tuesday. The official, Ali Youssef Ahmed of the Foreign Ministry, said the group was about 15 miles inside Sudanese territory, near Jebel Uweinat, a mountain near Sudan’s borders with Egypt and Libya. The hostages — five Italians, five Germans, a Romanian and eight Egyptians — were taken in a remote desert area of Egypt. The kidnappers demanded $8.8 million. Sudanese forces surrounded the area and an Egyptian team was negotiating with the kidnappers, Mr. Ahmed said, according to Sudan’s state news agency, SUNA.
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