Italy split over hostages&#39; views
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After three weeks of complete silence followed by death claims on two separate Arabic web sites, few in Italy dared hope the two abducted aid workers would resurface from their captivity unharmed and smiling.
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Italian papers see MEPs&#39; rejection of Italy&#39;s nominee for European justice commissioner as a national humiliation - but some show a certain understanding for the decision, criticising Rocco Buttiglione&#39;s stance.
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The safe release of two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq led to questions Wednesday over whether a ransom was paid, highlighting the dilemma of many governments if the price
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KUWAIT CITY -- Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy appealed for a &quot;civilized dialogue&quot; between religions as he stood inside Kuwait's Grand Mosque at the start of a Middle East visit he hopes will help win the release of two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq.
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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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ROME, Oct 6 (IPS) - Politicians and intellectuals look more and more  worried about Italy's relations with Turkey, as the subject  overlaps with the question of Islam, immigration, and security.
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National joy in Italy at the safe return of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom for the women's freedom.
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Urdu Times (news) Pakistan and Italy on Tuesday voiced total consonance on the UN reforms with President Pervez Musharraf saying Pakistan is against creation of more centres of privileges in the United Nations ...
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Italy&#39;s government doubts the reliability of a statement by an Iraqi group that said it killed two female Italian hostages, according to the humanitarian organization that employs the women.
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ROME : Italy was in shock at the killing of a kidnapped journalist in Iraq, described by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a return &quot;to the dark times of barbarism,&quot; but he pledged Italian troops would stay.
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Italians are agog over a sex spat involving their former first couple. Could the Berlusconis have a broader agenda?
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ROME : Italy&#39;s support for a conservative with outspoken views on gays and women as Europe&#39;s justice chief looked increasingly untenable as incoming EU Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso indicated he would bow to pressure to reshuffle his team.
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ROME -- Italian politicians pledged yesterday to put aside their differences over the Iraq war and work together to free two female aid workers abducted in Baghdad, the third time Italian citizens have been taken hostage in Iraq over the past six months.
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Concern is growing for two Italian women aid workers in Iraq taken hostage by gunmen who stormed their Baghdad offices in broad daylight.
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The release of two Italian aid workers  in Iraq has raised hopes other hostages may soon be freed, but  reports that a large ransom was paid may only feed the  burgeoning hostage crisis.
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killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. employers in Italy said they had not given up hope.
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Only two weeks after the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi scrambled to respond to the abduction of two Italian women aid workers in Baghdad.