Turkish Company Will Accede to Demands of Iraqi Kidnappers
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The employer of 10 Turkish workers kidnapped simultaneously in Iraq last week made an emotional plea for their release on Tuesday, promising to freeze operations
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ANKARA, Dec 25  - Turkey&#39;s Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Saturday that his government was doing its utmost to find a prominent Turkish businessman who is believed to have been kidnapped by unidentified militants in neighbouring Iraq.
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The companies are rumored to be in talks to upgrade an Iraqi petrochemical plant.
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BAGHDAD: A Turkish shipping magnate and three others were kidnapped as violence in Iraq yesterday claimed six more lives. A Turkish private NTV television channel said that the kidnappers have demanded a $25 million (BD9.5m) ransom.
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A Turkish company said on Tuesday it was suspending its operations in Iraq to save 10 employees abducted at the weekend by an Iraqi militant group which has threatened to kill them.
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A Turkish television channel aired footage showing two Turks believed to be held hostage in Iraq by armed militants who have threatened to execute them unless their company withdraws from the country within 72 hours.
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Iraq, anxious to avert a Turkish military strike into its territory, pledged on Tuesday to rein in Kurdish separatists who are launching attacks on Turkey from northern Iraq.
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CAIRO -- Iraqi militants threatened to behead a Turkish truck driver if his company and the Kuwaiti contractor it works for did not stop their operations in Iraq within 48 hours, according to a videotape aired on Arab television yesterday.
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ANKARA, Turkey  - One of Turkey's richest businessmen said he has been kidnapped in Iraq, appearing in a video aired Saturday alongside one of his weeping employees and saying they were being treated well by their captors.
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Turkey demanded the extradition of Kurdish rebel leaders based in Iraq's north on Friday, the Turkish deputy prime minister said Friday after meeting with an Iraqi delegation
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Hopes for the release of Indian hostages, being held in Iraq, rose after the KGL said that it has met the demands of the kidnappers.
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A Turkish construction company today confirmed that 10 of its workers have been taken hostage in Iraq. The news came as a deadline set by militants holding a Briton and two Americans, and had threatened to
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BAGHDAD - One of Turkey&#39;s richest businessmen has been reported kidnapped, appearing in a video Saturday along with a weeping employee saying they were being held hostage.
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Hostage takers in Iraq have stepped up their kidnappings aimed at driving out foreign companies involved in reconstruction projects.
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Iraq tsaid it would send a military delegation to Turkey to discuss settling a dispute with a Kurdish separatist group.
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An Iraqi militant group threatened in an Internet posting Wednesday to kill a Turkish hostage if his government did not close down the company that employs him.
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The Philippine government is willing to negotiate with the kidnappers of a Filipino accountant being held captive in Iraq.