Italy outraged over aid worker kidnappings
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ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joined opposition leaders to urge a united front following the Baghdad abduction of two female aid workers.
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Iraqis reacted with anger and disbelief  on Wednesday to news that British-Iraqi aid worker Margaret  Hassan, who worked in Iraq for decades before being kidnapped a  month ago, had been killed by her captors.
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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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Piecing together old video footage, an  Italian aid group released emotive images to Arab television on  Sunday of its two female Italian charity workers and two Iraqi  colleagues kidnapped in Baghdad.
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An Italian national working for a British non-governmental organisation has been taken hostage in Iraq, the Italian news agency ANSA reported, quoting Italian intelligence sources.
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ROME: The killing of the second Italian hostage in Iraq in four months has horrified a nation and fuelled debate Friday over Italy&#39;s role in the war-torn country.
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Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims for 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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Piecing together old video footage, an Italian aid group released emotive images to Arab television on Sunday of its two female Italian charity workers and two Iraqi colleagues kidnapped in Baghdad.
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Two Italian women aid workers were reported killed in Iraq and a British hostage pleaded for his life after the killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq.
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Gunmen abducted two Italians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of kidnappings of foreigners in the Palestinian coastal strip.
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The UN refugee agency condemns the way Italy is handling  boatloads of migrants arriving on its southern outpost.
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ROME, Italy -- Italy reacted with horror at the killing of hostage Enzo Baldoni in Iraq, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi insisting that Italian troops would not leave.
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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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One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they wouldn't die. While the women rested with their families after a joyous reunion, questions were raised whether a &#36;1 million ransom had been paid to secure their freedom.
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Kidnappers disguised in police fatigues kidnapped two Italian women working for a humanitarian organization in Baghdad Tuesday. Qatar&#39;s al-Jazeera television said gunmen stormed
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Italy&#39;s government dismissed reports Wednesday that it paid $1 million to free two Italian aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq and held for three weeks before being released Tuesday.
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Iraqis reacted with anger and disbelief  Wednesday to news that British-Iraqi aid worker Margaret  Hassan, who worked in Iraq for decades before being kidnapped a  month ago, had been killed by her captors.