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Priest, five Christians kidnapped in Iraq-report

A Catholic priest and five young Christians have been kidnapped in Baghdad, Catholic news service AsiaNews reported on Wednesday, three days after the murder of another priest and three of his assistants in Iraq. AsiaNews said the Chaldean Catholic priest, whom it named as Hani Abdel Ahad, was seized with the five in Suleikh, a Sunni neighbourhood in northern Baghdad. It was not immediately clear when the kidnapping took place. Full Story