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Wednesday 01 February 2012
Chinese workers abducted in Sudan
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Chinese workers who escaped after being abducted arrive at Khartoum Airport
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By Laura Angela Bagnetto in Addis Ababa

China yesterday lodged a formal protest with Sudan over the capture of 29 Chinese workers by rebels. Vice-foreign minister Xie Hangsheng has summoned a top level Sudanese embassy diplomat over the abduction of the workers in South Kordofan state. The workers were captured by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement Northern Branch. The SPLM-N says they took them for their own safety, a key figure within the SPLM-N rebel movement tells RFI.

tags : Addis Ababa - China - Sudan - Sudanese People's Liberation Army
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