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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.
    by Matthew S. Schwartz Apr 03, 2019 1 minute
    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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