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Article: 3 Times Journalists Detained in Ethiopia
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- May 22, 2007
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NEW YORK - Three journalists for The New York Times were arrested by the Ethiopian military and held for five days before being released, the newspaper reported Tuesday.
The journalists, including Nairobi bureau chief Jeffrey Gettleman, were detained May 16 in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, near the Somali border, the paper said.
They were interrogated at gunpoint and released Monday without being charged, the paper said. The journalists were not told why they had been picked up; one was kicked in the back, and all three were threatened repeatedly.
Ethiopian soldiers took all their equipment, refusing to give it back because of security reasons, the paper said.
Times spokeswoman ...