Italian man may have been taken hostage, killed in Iraq
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Italian authorities responded cautiously to reports that an Italian national may have been taken hostage and killed in Iraq.
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A British hostage in Iraq pleaded for  his life on Wednesday, but two Italian women held by another  group were reported to have been killed.
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An Iraqi man who has lived in Italy since 1980 has been killed by abductors in Iraq, his brother said Monday. Ayad Anwar Wali, a 43-year-old businessman, was kidnapped August 31 in Baghdad.
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Italy&#39;s government doubts the reliability of a statement by an Iraqi group that said it killed two female Italian hostages, according to the humanitarian organization that employs the women.
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DUBAIâAn Islamist group claimed yesterday to have killed two Italian women taken hostage in Iraq, as a separate militant group released a video apparently showing the beheading of a captive American man.
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Militants in Iraq had threatened to kill Baldoni if Italy did not withdraw its troops from Iraq. An Al-Jazeera spokesman says the Pan-Arab station declined to show the video out of sensitivity to its viewers.
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ROME - Italy reacted with horror Friday at the killing of an Italian hostage in Iraq, while the Italian government insisted it would stay the course in the Middle Eastern country.
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(AGI) - Castelfranco Veneto (Treviso), Oct. 5 - Omar, the son of Ayad Anwar Wali, the Italian-Iraqi hostage that was murdered last Saturday by a non-identified Islamic group, must not be abandoned, the government must help him.
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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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The Iraqi kidnappers of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni killed him because Italy refused to heed their earlier deadline to withdraw troops from Iraq, says Al Jazeera television.
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A U.S. journalist abducted by militants in Iraq and threatened with death said in a video aired Friday that his captors were treating him well, while an Italian journalist also was reported missing in the war-torn country.
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TOKYO - There are conflicting reports about whether a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq last week has been killed by his captors.
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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, officials said.
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DUBAI - An Italian hostage identified as Salvatore Santoro has been killed by an Islamist group in Iraq, Al Jazeera television reported yesterday, quoting a statement from the group and showing footage of the man.
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LONDON There are reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley was killed after he attempted to flee his captors in Iraq. A US official has said reports of an escape attempt are credible.
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A British-Iraqi woman kidnapped in Iraq  has probably been killed by her captors, her family and  diplomats said on Tuesday after a video tape surfaced  apparently showing a hooded gunman shooting her in the head.
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GUNMEN in Iraq claimed yesterday to have murdered a London-based Italian aid worker who drove through an insurgent roadblock in the rebellious west of the country.