Australian taken hostage in Iraq and then released
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An unidentified Australian journalist was held hostage in Iraq for 24 hours at the weekend before being released unharmed, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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An American, along with two Arab nationals and an Asian, were taken hostage on Monday by gunmen in Baghdad, as violence continued in Iraq.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remain unclear.
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CAIRO - Two female relatives of Iraqâs interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi have been released by their kidnappers after being held hostage for just under a week, Arabic news channels reported late on Sunday.
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The Arab television network Al-Jazeera announced that two Italian aid workers kidnapped earlier this month were released Tuesday in Iraq.
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An Australian journalist was held hostage in Baghdad for 24 hours over the weekend before being released unharmed, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Monday.
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An Italian volunteer worker kidnapped by an unidentified group in the southern Philippines hasbeen released, the Philippine military said Wednesday.
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ANKARA, Turkey Turkey says kidnappers have released a Turkish driver taken hostage in Iraq Saturday. This came after the transport company the driver worked for said it would withdraw from Iraq.
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24-hours after being kidnapped in Baghdad, two of the four Iraqi guards have been freed. They were taken hostage, along with an American and a Nepalese citizen, after a firefight.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the  fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton  threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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An Australian television journalist seized by rebels in Baghdad, interrogated for more than twenty hours but released unharmed is believed to be on his way home.
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A Polish woman kidnapped in Iraq last  month has been freed and flown to Poland and said she was  treated well, raising hopes for other foreign hostages.
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Eight hostages have been released in Iraq. Two Italians and two Iraqi aid workers kidnapped this month were freed Tuesday after three weeks in captivity, Italy's prime minister said.
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Australia is investigating reports that two of its citizens have been taken hostage by  militants in Iraq.
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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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Kidnappers have released Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s cousin after taking him hostage for 12days, the Arabic-language al-Arabiya TV channel reported Sunday.
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An Australian TV journalist has been released after being detained by unknown group in Baghdad last weekend, SBS Television said in a statement on Monday.