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Red Cross vows to continue search for missing NZ nurse and colleagues in Syria

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This undated photo released by International Committee of the Red Cross, the organization's New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi.
This undated photo released by International Committee of the Red Cross, the organization's New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi. Source: International Committee of the Red Cross

New Zealand has deployed a special forces unit to Syria, to search for a Red Cross nurse kidnapped by IS. Louisa Akavi was taken more than five years ago, but her identity and the details of her abduction have been kept secret until now.

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New Zealand has deployed a special forces unit to Syria, to search for a Red Cross nurse kidnapped by IS. Louisa Akavi was taken more than five years ago, but her identity and the details of her abduction have been kept secret until now.

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