Gunmen kidnap 3 Westerners in Baghdad - police

BAGHDAD, May 29 (Reuters) Gunmen wearing police uniforms abducted at least three Western lecturers from a Finance Ministry building in central Baghdad today, a witness told Reuters.

The witness, who did not want to be identified, said the lecturers, believed to be Americans, had been giving ministry personnel a lecture on electronic contracts. She said several of the lecturers' bodyguards had also been taken.

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