Governor: 3 Russian pilots kidnapped in Darfur

Three Russian helicopter pilots were kidnapped in the South Darfur capital Nyala, the South Darfur governor Abdel Hamid Kasha said on Friday.

"Yesterday there were threee Russian helicopter pilots kidnapped by unknown men and the security people are chasing them," Kasha told Reuters from Nyala, the cente of a spate of recent kidnaps by men demanding ransom. (Reuters)