 Seven Chinese oil workers kidnapped by rebels in Ethiopia have been released and handed to the Red Cross, Red Cross officials and the rebels said. One Somali and an Ethiopian oil worker were also released, an Ogaden National Liberation Front spokesman said, adding all were in good health. The men were seized during a rebel attack on a Chinese oil installation in eastern Ethiopia. During the attack, nine Chinese and 65 Ethiopians were killed. The clashes took place at an oil field in Abole, a small town about 120km (75 miles) from the regional capital, Jijiga. Abdirahman Mahdi, a London-based spokesman for the ONLF, said the seven Chinese were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross together with one Somali and an Ethiopian....
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