World IN BRIEF : SOMALIA : American, Other Aid Workers Kidnapped

Five U.N. aid workers were kidnapped at a regional airport in Somalia, according to U.N. spokesman Ahmed Fawzi, who declined to release the captives’ names. He said four of the captives work for UNICEF and one works for the World Health Organization. Fawzi said the workers are from the United States, Britain, Nepal, India and Sudan. The kidnapping occurred at the air base in Balidogle, southwest of the capital, Mogadishu. U.N. sources said at least one of the kidnappers was involved in a payment dispute with the United Nations.