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UPDATE: France says World Bank employee kidnapped in Yemen

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A Frenchwoman working for the World Bank was kidnapped Tuesday morning in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, France's president said. The 30-year-old woman was kidnapped in front of a ministry building, President Francois Hollande told a news conference.

 

"We demand her liberation as quickly as possible," Hollande said. "We are trying to locate her and we will do everything so that she can be freed." There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

 

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