Iran diplomat freed by captors as 12 killed in Iraq unrest
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BAGHDAD, Sept 27  - An Iranian diplomat was freed Monday after a 55-day hostage ordeal at the hands of the same Islamic militant group which is holding two French newsmen, as 12 people were killed in fresh Iraq violence.
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24-hours after being kidnapped in Baghdad, two of the four Iraqi guards have been freed. They were taken hostage, along with an American and a Nepalese citizen, after a firefight.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the  fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton  threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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U.S. troops raided a Shiite area of Baghdad on Thursday, capturing two militants believed linked to Iran and sparking a battle that Iraqi officials said killed 19 people. Two employees of the Reuters news agency were among the dead.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Aug. 20, 2004  A Western journalist who had been kidnapped by militants and threatened with death if US forces did not withdraw from the holy city of Najaf said his captors were treating him well, according to a video broadcast on the ...
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Iran confirms that one of its diplomats has been kidnapped by gunmen in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remain unclear.
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Two Iraqi security guards said on Tuesday they were freed by kidnappers overnight but that the gunmen were still holding an American and a Nepali also seized from a villa used by a Saudi company in Baghdad.
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Kidnappers holding an Iranian diplomat  in Iraq will "punish" him within 48 hours if Iran does not  release 500 prisoners captured in its 1980-1988 war with Iraq,  Iranian state television said Sunday.
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A kidnapped Iranian diplomat was released Monday after nearly two months in captivity, the Iranian Embassy said. Meanwhile, Jordan's King Abdullah II said he believes two abducted Italian aid workers are still alive despite claims they had been killed.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including Briton Kenneth Bigley threatened with beheading, remains unclear.
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Protesters in Kathmandu have expressed disbelief and frustration after learning of the deaths of 12 Nepalese hostages in Iraq. Nepal&#39;s ambassador to Qatar, Somananda Suman, confirmed
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27 September 2004 -- An Iranian diplomat was freed by his captors in Iraq today after spending more than a month as a hostage. Iran&#39;s Foreign Ministry confirmed that Faridoun Jahani, the Iranian consul in
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US troops have released a group of Iranians who were detained in a raid on a hotel in Baghdad.
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Iranian police killed 12 armed rebels in clashes in a southeastern region on Thursday, saying they had planned to detonate bombs in the country, state television reported.
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Seven Iranian policemen were killed in an overnight clash with bandits in a western province bordering Iraq, the ISNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
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Twelve people were killed in fresh violence across Iraq Monday, as an Iranian diplomat kidnapped two months ago by the same Islamic extremist group holding two French reporters was released.