25 workers kidnapped in Egypt
<p><span word="Armed">Armed</span> <span word="tribesmen">tribesmen</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Egypt">Egypt</span> <span word="abducted">abducted</span> 25 <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="nationals">nationals</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="hostage">hostage</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="incident">incident</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="renewed">renewed</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="improve">improve</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="overseas">overseas</span>.</p><p><span word="Bedouins">Bedouins</span>, <span word="nomadic">nomadic</span> <span word="tribesmen">tribesmen</span>, <span word="kidnapped">kidnapped</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Sinai">Sinai</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="demand">demand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="relatives">relatives</span> <span word="detained">detained</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="fatal">fatal</span> <span word="bombings">bombings</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="peninsula">peninsula</span> <span word="between">between</span> 2004 <span word="and">and</span> 2006, <span word="AFP">AFP</span> <span word="cited">cited</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="saying">saying</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="technicians">technicians</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="engineers">engineers</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="military">military</span>-<span word="owned">owned</span> <span word="cement">cement</span> <span word="factory">factory</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Lehfen">Lehfen</span> <span word="area">area</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="Sinai">Sinai</span>, <span word="were">were</span> <span word="abducted">abducted</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="demands">demands</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="met">met</span>," <span word="one">one</span> <span word="Bedouin">Bedouin</span> <span word="protester">protester</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="AFP">AFP</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="demanding">demanding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="Bedouins">Bedouins</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="connection">connection</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="attack">attack</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tourist">tourist</span> <span word="resort">resort</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Taba">Taba</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2004.</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ruling">ruling</span> <span word="Supreme">Supreme</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Armed">Armed</span> <span word="Forces">Forces</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="president">president</span> <span word="Hosni">Hosni</span> <span word="Mubarak">Mubarak</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ousted">ousted</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="repeatedly">repeatedly</span> <span word="promised">promised</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="release">release</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bedouins">Bedouins</span>.</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="embassy">embassy</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="confirmed">confirmed</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="kidnapped">kidnapped</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="confirm">confirm</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span>.</p><p>"<span word="About">About</span> 20 <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="nationals">nationals</span>" <span word="were">were</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="people">people</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="embassy">embassy</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="News">News</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="taking">taking</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="plant">plant</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="stopped">stopped</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="embassy">embassy</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tent">tent</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Lehfen">Lehfen</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="protesters">protesters</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="blocking">blocking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highway">highway</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="northeast">northeast</span> <span word="Sinai">Sinai</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="days">days</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Bedouins">Bedouins</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p>
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