Bandits kidnap Catholic nuns in Kenya

Bandits kidnap Catholic nuns in Kenya
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Suspected Somalian bandits kidnap two Catholic nuns in northern Kenya

Abduction happened at Catholic mission in Kenyan town of El Wak

Area wracked by clashes among various clans
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Italy's foreign minister is working with Kenyan authorities to secure the release of two Italian nuns, who were kidnapped Monday by suspected Somalian bandits, according to the foreign ministry in Rome.

A Kenya Red Cross spokesman said the two Catholic nuns were abducted from the Catholic mission in the northern Kenyan town of El Wak, just over two kilometers (one mile) from the border with Somalia.
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