09-Oct-2008
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Addis Ababa - The Ethiopian government said on Thursday that its own troops had captured eight Kenyan terror suspects who were recently released amid accusations by rights groups of a rendition program. "They were all caught in Somalia along with fighters from the (Somali) Islamic Courts. There was no secret transportation," Information Minister Birhan Hailu said. Eight Kenyans suspected of ties to al-Qaeda-linked Islamists returned to their homeland last week after being freed from Ethiopian jails where they had been held since their capture during Ethiopia's 2006 invasion...
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