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American Kidnapped In Uganda, Held For Ransom, Police Say

Ugandan police say the 35-year-old woman was abducted while on a game drive in a national park near the border of Congo. It is U.S. policy not to pay ransom demands.
The sun sets over Lake George near Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda, in this 2000 photo.

An American woman has reportedly been kidnapped while on a game drive in a Uganda national park, and four gunmen are holding her for $500,000 ransom. Ugandan police are in pursuit, officials say.

News of the abduction comes

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