Seven Germans, Briton, Korean kidnapped in Yemen - TV

Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:07am EDT


DUBAI, June 14 (Reuters) - Seven Germans, a Briton and a Korean have been kidnapped in the Saada area of north Yemen, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.

The television station gave no more details. Yemen, the Arab world's poorest country, is struggling with an on-off revolt in the north, a secessionist movement in the south and intensified al Qaeda militancy.

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