Italy envoy seeks hostage release
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The Italian foreign minister will travel to the Middle East in an effort to secure the release of two Italian women aid workers kidnapped in Iraq.
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The government appealed for the release of a Briton held hostage in Iraq in a message aired on Arabic satellite television channels.
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ITALY&#39;S junior foreign minister, Margherita Boniver, is to travel to the Middle East to seek the support of Arab countries for the release of two Italian female aid workers taken hostage this week in Iraq, the government said tonight.
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his Foreign Minister to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two journalists who are being held hostage in Iraq.
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The Irish government steps up its efforts to free Ken Bigley, held hostage in Iraq, by talking to diplomats from Iran and Jordan.
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ROME, Italy -- Italy&#39;s foreign minister has flown to the Middle East in an attempt to secure the release of two female aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
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ROME - Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini left for the Middle East on Monday in a new bid to win the release of two female aid workers kidnapped in Iraq six days ago and facing an apparent threat of execution.
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Several hundred people hold a rally in Rome to press for the release of an Italian journalist held hostage in Iraq.
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Italy will not bow to the kidnappers of two Italian aid workers in Iraq who are demanding that it withdraw its forces from Iraq, an Italian envoy said today.
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The European Union, the Arab League, the pope, Muslim and pacifist groups in Italy appealed on Wednesday for the release of two Italian women abducted in Iraq while working for a humanitarian group that helps ...
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini appealed to Arab countries on Monday to help win the release of two Italian hostages as an apparent deadline to kill them drew near.
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Pope John Paul, echoing appeals by Muslim leaders, called Wednesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as France's foreign minister pressed on with a Middle East rescue mission.
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Italian opposition leaders have said they will work with the government to try to secure the release of two women aid workers kidnapped in Iraq.
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ROME, Sept 23  - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims about the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini  appealed to Arab countries on Monday to help win the release of  two Italian hostages as an apparent deadline to kill them drew  near.
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DOHA: Qatar yesterday expresed sympathy with Italy and joined its leaders in calling for the release of two Italian women held hostage by kidnappers in Iraq.
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Kuwaiti and Italian officials on Monday urged the release of two Italian female hostages kidnapped earlier in Baghdad, the Kuwait News Agency reported.