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Road to Hope Kidnapping Statement of Events

Reviewing the recent abduction of Gaza activists from Libya.

(ATHENS) - Before my statement I feel compelled to clear up a misunderstanding about my role in the Road to Hope Convoy. I am not an organizer nor an original leader of the convoy.

I became a leader shortly after joining the convoy, about three weeks after it departed London. This became necessary due to the convoy reaching significant levels of internal crisis.

Kidnapped Aid Workers Speak of Continuing Ordeal Aboard Absconding Greek Ship

(DERNA PORT) - 10 aid workers have made their first contact by mobile phone text messages to family and friends.

They have spoken at length about their ordeal onboard "Strofades IV" Greek-owned ship, registered in Malta.

Greece is Spent, Rioting Leads to Two Deaths, Bank Set Ablaze

Greece is nearly broke.

(ATHENS / SALEM) - At least three people in Greece have have been killed during riotous protests, as rioters set fire to a bank building, perhaps the most alarming news yet.

Russia TV reports that thousands have taken to the streets in Athens in opposition to the harsh spending cuts, which are part of a new austerity package that is designed to save Greece from bankruptcy.