No effort to be spared in search for Irish aid worker

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today vowed no effort would be spared in finding an Irish aid worker and her colleague taken hostage in war-torn Sudan.

No effort to be spared in search for Irish aid worker
Tue, 07 Jul, 2009 - 17:08

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today vowed no effort would be spared in finding an Irish aid worker and her colleague taken hostage in war-torn Sudan.

On an official visit to Ireland, Mr Ban was briefed about latest efforts to locate Sharon Commins, 32, from Clontarf in north Dublin, and Ugandan Hilda Kuwuki, 42.

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