Kuwait assures help on hostages
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 25. - Kuwait has promised to leave âno stone unturnedâ to ensure the safe return of the three Indians who were taken hostage in Iraq.
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Jordan pledged Tuesday to help France secure the release of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, who are facing the imminent expiry of an ultimatum by their Islamic kidnappers.
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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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Defense minister believes two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq are in good health, their release is possible. PARIS - France on Monday urged patience and caution as the country awaited word about two French
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KUWAIT CITY, 6 September 2004 - A leading Kuwaiti transport company, which has multimillion-dollar contracts with US forces, said yesterday a small number of its Turkish drivers have refused to go to Iraq for fear of being taken hostage.
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MANAMA: Bahrain last night joined international efforts to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar urged the kidnappers to free Ken Bigley and other hostages soon.
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France remains cautiously optimistic about the possible release of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, a government spokesman said Wednesday after a ministerial meeting on the crisis.
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Coalition personnel mounted two operations last month to rescue members of a group of three hostages held by Iraq, but they didn&#39;t find them, a US government official said Tuesday.
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In Iraq, where the kidnapping of foreign nationals has become more and more frequent, several recent examples indicate that governments are willing to pay up or offer political concessions to secure the release ...
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A Kuwaiti company with seven truck drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been freed by their captors.
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LONDON - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has pledged to help efforts for the release of Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage held captive in Iraq, the civil engineer&#39;s brother says.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - The captors of relief worker Margaret Hassan threatened to hand her over to a group that beheaded several hostages if British troops don&#39;t leave Iraq, Al-Jazeera said Tuesday.
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The Australian government says it will provide any help it can to help secure the release of CARE Australia&#39;s leader in Iraq, Margaret Hassan.
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An Iraqi insurgent group is expected to start mediating with the captors of British hostage Kenneth Bigley for his possible release, a Kuwaiti newspaper says, citing militant sources.
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As France awaits word on two journalists being held hostage in Iraq, officials have made it clear that they expect to benefit from their stand against the US-led invasion and occupation.
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The whole country is uniting to secure the release of the hostages and support their families in this ordeal.
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TOKYO - Japan sought international help Wednesday to secure the release of a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq and pledged to do its utmost to gain his freedom after refusing to bow to the kidnappers&#39; threat to behead him unless Japan withdraws its