Iraqi kidnappers release 7
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Kidnappers released two Italian women and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. Insurgents showed no sign of easing their
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Seven Westerners are reportedly kidnapped from a finance ministry building in central Baghdad.
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The six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq. The group also claimed responsibility for seizing two French journalists last month.
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Kidnappers released seven foreign truckers held for 43 days on Wednesday after the head of a Kuwaiti transport company said he paid a $500,000 ransom.
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Iraqi kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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Gunmen who kidnapped 30 people at a Red Crescent office in Baghdad on Sunday have freed 17 hostages, an official of the humanitarian group said on Monday.
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Islamic militants freed seven truck drivers from India, Kenya and Egypt held hostage in Iraq for six weeks, offering a ray of hope Wednesday to a dozen other foreign nationals still in captivity.
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THE Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage today of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants. Al-Jazeera said the 10, including six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women, were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants in Iraq freed seven foreign truck drivers Wednesday after holding them six weeks, while Muslims united behind calls for the release of two French reporters captured by a separate group demanding that France revoke a ban on Muslim head scarves in schools.    Also Wednesday, gunmen shot at a convoy carrying former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi as he returned from Najaf to attend the first meeting of Iraq's 100-member National Council, which is to act as a watchdog over the interim government and help shepherd the nation to elections...
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Seven hostages, including two Italian aid workers, were released by two different groups yesterday. It was the second day in a row that foreign hostages were freed, raising hopes for at least 18 others still in captivity.
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Islamic militant kidnappers released seven truck drivers held hostage in Iraq for six weeks, an AFP correspondent witnessed in the rebel-dominated western city of Fallujah.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 28, 2004 - Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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Hostage takers released a dozen foreign hostages Monday in Nigeria's restive southern oil heartland, officials said.
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed, and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Prime Minister Ayad Allawi&#39;s office confirmed today that two of his female relatives who were kidnapped last week have been released.
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BAGHDADâKidnappers released two Italian aid workers and three other hostages yesterday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.
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All seven foreign hostages seized by  gunmen from an offshore Nigerian oil field were released on  Monday after two days in captivity, a state government  spokesman said.