Africa News 2

This story happened in Ghana ,the western part of Africa, about a 10days ago. (Oct, 30, 2008) Israeli man call Dror Weinstein was kidnapped by Ghanaian groups. They, the kiddnappers had demanded 500,000 US dollars for release of the Israeli man. Newsreporter says that kidnapping in Ghana is very rare, but it is unclear who the kidnappers are and why they chose a Israeli man to kidnapp.
I think this news is newsworthy because of timeliness, and oddity. It is very timely, because this news happened 10 days ago, and oddity, because the kidnapp is a very unusual situation.