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China works quickly to secure release of kidnapped workers in Ethiopia

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-27-2007 16:51

Special Report:   Chinese killed in Ethiopia

The bodies of nine Chinese oil workers, murdered in Ethiopia, are now in in Addis Ababa. At the same time, the Chinese government is trying to secure the safe release of more people kidnapped in the same attack.

Mini-buses in somber black carried the bodies of the murdered. They were killed by gunmen at a Chinese-run oil field in Ethiopia on Tuesday morning.

An Ethiopian separatist organization, the Ogaden National Liberation Front, claimed responsibility for the attack. It was one of the worst ever targeting Chinese businesses in Africa. And the Chinese government has strongly condemned the murderers.