Italian troops 'to stay in Iraq'
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Italy says it has no intention of withdrawing its troops from Iraq despite the demands of kidnappers who seized an Italian journalist.
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Most foreign aid organisations based in Iraq are preparing to leave the war-torn country following the kidnapping of two Italian aid workers, a coordinator for their activities warned.
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Islamic militants have threatened to kill an Italian journalist abducted in Iraq by Monday unless Italy agrees to withdraw its troops, according to a statement on the Internet.
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A group that has kidnapped an Italian journalist in Iraq said it will attack Italy within 48 hours unless it withdraws its troops, Italian news agency Ansa reported, citing a video transmitted by al-Jazeera.
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A group calling itself &quot;The Islamic Army in Iraq&quot; said Italy must withdraw its 3,000 troops -- or the safety of a missing Italian journalist can&#39;t be guaranteed.
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The Japanese cabinet has approved a proposal to keep the country's troops in Iraq for another year.
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A statement released Sunday in the name of an al-Qaida-linked group said the Italian government has "dug its grave by its own hands" after it ignored a warning to withdraw its troops from Iraq by Aug. 15.
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Two Italian soldiers are believed to have been kidnapped while on patrol in western Afghanistan, Italy's Defence Ministry said on Sunday.
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A group calling itself the Islamic Army in Iraq released footage of an Italian journalist it said was in their custody and gave Rome 48 hours to announce a troop pullout from Iraq.
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A purported statement by a previously unknown Iraqi group has threatened that two Italian hostages will be killed unless Italy begins withdrawing its forces from Iraq.
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The defence secretary is to stress his determination that British troops remain in Iraq no longer than necessary.
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Britain said on Thursday its troops will  stay in Iraq for as long as required by the Iraqi authorities,  denying a newspaper report that it was urging Washington to  give a provisional timetable for a pull-out.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he is determined to keep up Italy&#39;s efforts in Iraq despite the execution of an Italian hostage.
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq even and condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage as an act that brings "us back to the dark ages of barbarity." Late Thursday, ...
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Bulgaria's Minister of Defence said Saturday his country would keep its troops part of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq as long as it takes to bring peace and democracy to the Arab country.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday that Britain would reduce its troop levels in Iraq by 1,600 over coming months, but its soldiers would stay in the country into 2008 as long as they were wanted.
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ROME - Italy&#39;s prime minister vowed his country&#39;s troops would not leave Iraq, as the country mourned the slaying of an Italian journalist.