Foreign Aid Workers Kidnapped in Darfur Still Being Held

(14 March 09-RV) Four aid workers from the French charity Medecins sans Frontiers today are still being held hostage in Darfur. A Sudanese foreign ministry official said their release is expected later today. The group ,a Canadian nurse, Italian doctor and French coordinator was kidnapped from the volatile Darfur region last Wednesday when armed gunmen broke into their compound. Dan Sermand is the spokesman for Doctors without Borders. He says along with their concern for aid workers, some 2.7 million people in Darfur are 100% dependent on aid…