NY Times reporters freed by Ethiopian army

Three New York Times journalists who were held for five days by the Ethiopian military have been released. Jeffrey Gettleman, the paper's Nairobi bureau chief, photographer Vanessa Vick and Courtenay Morris, a videographer, were detained by soldiers while in the Ogaden region, close to the border with Somalia, where the Ethiopian government is confronting separatist rebels. The journalists say they were never told why they were arrested. During questioning they were repeatedly threatened and Vick was kicked in the back. (Via New York Times)