Kenyan team in Somalia for talks to free aid workers: NAIROBI — A Kenyan delegation

NAIROBI — A Kenyan delegation comprising village elders began negotiations to free three foreign aid workers snatched at the weekend by Somali gunmen, police said Monday.The delegation from Mandera, a town near the Kenya-Somalia border where the three were abducted, left for the Somalia side to seek the freedom of the foreigners. Details of their nationality and employers have not been released.
"Six elders left Mandera last evening (Sunday) and are now in the Somalia side trying to negotiate the release of the foreigners," a senior police official told AFP on condition of anonymity."A meeting was held at the weekend in Mandera where it was agreed that diplomacy be used to resolve the matter," he added.The official said no ransom has been demanded and "we hope they will not ask for money."..more..http://bit.ly/1j4u1i (e