Australia says claims that two citizens were taken hostage in Iraq ...
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Prime Minister John Howard&#39;s government said Wednesday it had tracked down all 225 of its citizens known to be in Iraq, raising hopes
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Jakarta confirmed Friday that two Indonesian women were kidnapped in Iraq, but said their captors&#39; identity and demands were not known.
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BAGHDAD - Two Indonesian women working for an electricity firm are among 10 new hostages reported seized by militants in Iraq. The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage yesterday in which a group called
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An Australian held by the United States in Guantanamo Bay has claims he was tortured during interrogation in Egypt and abused while in US custody in Pakistan.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister says a body found in Fallujah is likely that of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan. John Howard told Parliament a videotape of an Iraqi terrorist group executing a Western woman appears to have been genuine.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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Australia was investigating whether a foreigner found dead in central Iraq could be one of two Australians allegedly kidnapped in the country earlier this week.
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A report claiming that specially trained Australian soldiers are taking part in US-led covert jobs in Iraq, including kidnapping, was "factually incorrect and misleading," the government said.
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Bangladesh and Sri Lanka check reports on Al Jazeera TV that two nationals have been taken hostage in Iraq.
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TWO Australians reportedly have been kidnapped in Iraq and threatened with execution within 24 hours unless John Howard withdraws Australian troops from the war-torn country.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - France said it had received word that two French reporters seized in Iraq were alive, and one of their employers claimed the kidnappers had handed them over to an Iraqi opposition group, raising hopes the hostages could soon be released.    Separately, two U.S...
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as  investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two  Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with  execution.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - A body found in the Iraqi  city of Falluja appears to be that of kidnapped British aid  worker Margaret Hassan, Australian Prime Minister John Howard  said on Thursday. "The body found in Falluja appears to have  been Margaret's and the video of the execution of a Western  woman appears on all the available information to have been  genuine," Howard told parliament Thursday.
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An Australian journalist held hostage in Iraq for 24 hours said last night his kidnappers freed him when they established he did not support the US army&#39;s presence in the country.
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Australia&#39;s government hasn&#39;t accounted for 27 citizens in Iraq after an Islamic group said it took two Australians hostage, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
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(Sydney, Australia-AP) Oct. 20, 2004 - Australia&#39;s government says it&#39;s working with the British and Iraqi governments to help win the release of an aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad.
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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.