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British aid worker kidnapped in Somalia freed (AP)

October 20th, 2010

AP - A Somali group that kidnapped a British aid worker released the man on Wednesday after clan elders intervened, a spokeswoman for Save the Children said.

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Witness: British aid worker abducted in Somalia (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - A witness says masked gunmen have abducted a British aid worker and a Somali from a compound in western Somalia.

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US rescuers may have killed Afghanistan aid worker (AP)

October 11th, 2010

In this undated black and white photo made available Saturday Oct. 9, 2010, from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) showing kidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was being held by Afghan captors, who has been killed during a rescue attempt by NATO forces. The aid worker, identified as Linda Norgrove, was killed Friday Oct. 8, 2010, night by her captors during an operation to free her, Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement from London. (AP Photo / FCO) ** NO SALES **AP - At first, NATO blamed a Taliban bomb for the death of a captive British aid worker during an American rescue attempt in eastern Afghanistan.


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British aid worker dies during rescue mission (AP)

October 9th, 2010

In this undated black and white photo made available Saturday Oct. 9, 2010, from the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) showing kidnapped British aid worker Linda Norgrove, who was being held by Afghan captors, who has been killed during a rescue attempt by NATO forces. The aid worker, identified as Linda Norgrove, was killed Friday Oct. 8, 2010, night by her captors during an operation to free her, Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement from London. (AP Photo / FCO) ** NO SALES **AP - A female British aid worker kidnapped nearly two weeks ago was killed when one of her captors detonated a bomb as NATO forces were trying to rescue her…

British aid worker abducted in Afghanistan: ministry (AFP)

September 26th, 2010

A soldier mans his position at the rear of a British helicopter as it is flies over Helmand province in Afghanistan in August 2010. The British foreign ministry has confirmed that one of its nationals had been abducted in Afghanistan.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Winning)AFP - The British foreign ministry confirmed Sunday that one of its citizens had been abducted in Afghanistan, amid reports she was an aid worker seized while driving through the…

Sarkozy: French aid worker executed in Africa (AP)

July 26th, 2010

AP - A 78-year-old French aid worker kidnapped by al-Qaida was executed in the Sahara after a failed attempt to free him left six militants dead, President Nicolas Sarkozy said…

Banana worker killed in Panama labor protest (AP)

July 9th, 2010

An unidentified man is aid after being injured during clashes with police in Changuinola, western Panama, Thursday, July 8, 2010. One man died and dozens were injured as banana union workers clashed with police during a protest to repeal recently tax laws. (AP Photo)AP - Striking banana plantation workers and police clashed in western Panama on Thursday, leaving one man dead and 100 people hurt.


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A Chinese Factory Under Scrutiny As Worker Suicides Mount (Time.com)

May 25th, 2010

Time.com - The massive Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China, is known for assembling electronic goods like Apple’s iPhone and iPad. But in recent months it has gained a darker image,…

Foxconn worker dies in China; 10th in a year (AP)

May 25th, 2010

In this photo taken on Feb 24, 2010, a recruiter from Foxconn talks to job applicants outside the factory in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province. A Chinese employee of Foxconn Technology Group fell from a building and died Tuesday, May 25, 2010, state-run media said, in the 10th such death this year at the world's largest contract maker of electronics, such as the iPod, Dell computers and Nokia phones. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A Chinese employee of Foxconn Technology Group fell from a building and died Tuesday, state-run media said, in the 10th such death this year at the world’s largest…

Gaza rocket kills Thai farm worker in Israel (AP)

March 18th, 2010

An Israeli police officer is seen at the site where a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, hit the southern Israeli agricultural community of Netiv Haasara, near the border with Gaza, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai farm worker, Israeli medics said, in the first death from a rocket attack since Israel's Gaza offensive last year. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel’s massive…

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