Somalis name kidnapped Western journalists (Reuters)

By Abdi Sheikh and Ibrahim Mohamed 1 hour, 5 minutes ago MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's journalists' union identified two Western reporters kidnapped near Mogadishu and said on Sunday it believed they were being held hostage by gunmen in the capital. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) named them as Amanda Lindhout, a Canadian reporter based in Baghdad but freelancing for French television and... [read full story]