2 Australians, 2 Asians feared kidnapped in northern Iraq
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BAGHDAD - An armed Islamic group kidnapped two Australians and two East Asians in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra on Monday, the Dubai-based television broadcaster Al-Arabiya reported.
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IT WAS a good sign that those claiming to have kidnapped two Australians in Iraq had not released the names of their alleged hostages, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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Two Australians have been kidnapped in Iraq and threatened with execution, according to a statement purportedly from a notorious Iraqi terrorist group.
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Two young Italian women kidnapped in Iraq last week have been taken by their captors to the flashpoint city of Fallujah, according to an Italian newspaper that quoted non-Italian intelligence services.
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Gunmen abducted three members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawiâs family from their Baghdad home and threatened they would be beheaded in two days if the siege of Fallujah was not lifted.
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JAKARTA : Two Indonesian women working for a British company in Iraq were among 10 people kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, officials in Jakarta confirmed on Friday.
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Two Australian security contractors yesterday became the latest foreigners to be kidnapped in Iraq after militants apparently ambushed their convoy on a road outside Baghdad.
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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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Two members of the Iraqi interim prime minister&#39;s family were abducted from their Baghdad home, his spokesman confirmed Wednesday.
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Prime Minister John Howard's government said Wednesday it had tracked down all 225 of its citizens known to be in Iraq, raising hopes that a claim by militants who said they'd kidnapped two Australians was untrue.
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Baghdad, Nov. 2 (NNN): An American citizen, an Asian and four Iraqis are reported to have been taken hostage at gunpoint from their office in Baghdad.
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Confusion reigned over the nationalities of three Westerners abducted in Baghdad, as Iraqi police said they were two Americans and a Briton, after the interior ministry said they were three Britons.
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Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 150 foreigners. Those reported held are:
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ELEANOR HALL: After holding Iraqi citizen and CARE Australia worker, Margaret Hassan for two weeks, her captors have now threatened to hand her over to al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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An Australian man of Lebanese origin has been detained in northern Iraq by Kurdish militiamen and Australian officials are investigating whether the detainee has links to terrorists, Kurdish and Australian officials said Sunday.
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At least 14 Iraqi police officers were missing and feared abducted after an al Qaeda-linked group on Friday showed pictures of 18 men it said were kidnapped to avenge the alleged rape of a woman last month.
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Gunmen abducted three members of Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi&#39;s family from their Baghdad home, his spokesman said Wednesday, and militants said they would be beheaded in two days if the siege of Fallujah was not lifted.