Iraqi Foreign Minister: We Will Not Give in to Kidnappers&#39; Demands
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Iraq&#39;s foreign minister says his country is doing what it can to secure the release of two Americans and a British national taken hostage in Baghdad Thursday, but will not give in to kidnappers&#39; demands.
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Visiting Italian Foreign Minister made a fresh call here Monday on kidnappers of the two Italian hostages and other nationals held in Iraq to let them go, the Kuwait News Agency reported.
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Italy says it has no intention of withdrawing its 3,000 troops from Iraq in the face of demands from kidnappers who have seized an Italian journalist.
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BAGHDAD - American officials yesterday said they were not about to free Iraqi women prisoners as demanded by an Al Qaeda-linked group which has already beheaded two Americans and is threatening to kill a British man.
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Italy insisted Friday the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamic kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday Japanese troops would not pull out of Iraq, rejecting a demand by Islamic militants claiming to have taken a Japanese hostage.
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Militants holding Alan Johnston says he will not be freed until their demands are met.
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TOKYO - Japan insisted yesterday it would not bow to the demands of militants in Iraq who threatened to behead a young Japanese unless Tokyo pulls its troops from the country within 48 hours.
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While the US, Britain and Italy, whose citizens have been taken hostage, have refused to concede demands of hostage-takers, militant groups have sent out clear signals that they, too, mean business.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said the kidnappers of two Italian women in Iraq have not asked for a ransom to liberate them.
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A POLISH woman kidnapped in Baghdad last month suddenly reappeared in Poland today at a news conference with the country&#39;s prime minister, saying her captors treated her well but refusing to reveal how she was freed.
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The British government is ready to listen Ken Bigleyâs kidnappers but will not enter into negotiations with them for the hostageâs release, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in Baghdad today.
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Italy will do whatever is possible to secure the release of an Italian freelance journalist kidnapped byIraqi insurgents, but will not bow to demands to withdraw its troops, the Italian government said Tuesday.
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In Iraq, where the kidnapping of foreign nationals has become more and more frequent, several recent examples indicate that governments are willing to pay up or offer political concessions to secure the release ...
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DAMASCUS, Syria -- A man claiming to be the top spokesman for Iraq's former ruling party said the group will not stop aiding the insurgency or engage in national reconciliation efforts unless the US-backed government in Baghdad accepts conditions that would lead to its end.
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The interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi refused to abide by the demands of the kidnappers of the British hostage Margaret Hassan who is threatened to be killed unless the British government withdraw its forces from Iraq.
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The image of a British hostage in Iraq pleading for his life in a video released on Wednesday is certainly not helping Prime Minister Tony Blair efforts to escape the shadow of Iraq