Italian official heads for Arab capitals for help on hostages' release
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A junior Italian minister headed for the Middle East on to seek help from Arab governments in securing the release of two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq amid mounting efforts to present a united front at home.
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France has sent a senior foreign ministry official to the Jordanian capital Amman as part of efforts to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq, the ministry announced.
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President Giorgio Napolitano embarked Friday on a mission to resolve Italy's political crisis after prime minister Romano Prodi's resignation ended his centre-left government.
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A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain is travelling to Baghdad in an attempt to secure the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini met Emirati officials as part of continued efforts to secure the release of two women hostages threatened with execution in Iraq.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy appealed for a &quot;civilized dialogue&quot; between religions as he stood inside Kuwait's Grand Mosque at the start of a Middle East visit he hopes will help win the release of two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini flew to the Mideast on Monday in a bid to free two female aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
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Italian intelligence officials who secured the release of two hostages in Iraq are working with their British counterparts to try to free Kenneth Bigley, the captive Briton.
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Italy's small Muslim community took part in demonstrations around the country on Saturday to add its voice to a chorus of calls for the release of two Italian female aid workers abducted in Iraq last week.
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Italy's leader Berlusconi heads for Libya to discuss how to stem the flow of migrants trying to reach Italy.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini arrived today to the Middle East, in a bid to free two female aid workers kidnapped in Iraq.
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Poland&#39;s ambassador to Baghdad met with Iraqi security officials Saturday to seek help in freeing a Polish woman hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz said.
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Italy&#39;s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini Sunday said he will travel to the Middle East to push ahead with efforts aimed at securing the release of two female aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
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A six-strong team of senior Foreign Office officials were sent to Ethiopia on Saturday to step up diplomatic efforts to free foreigners feared kidnapped in a remote area of the Horn of Africa country.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Government will provide any help it can to secure the release of CARE International&#39;s director in Iraq, Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage in Baghdad this week.
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Italy's president is to hold talks with political leaders after PM Romano Prodi's resignation.
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ROME (CBS) The Arab television network Al-Jazeera announced that two Italian hostages were released Tuesday in Iraq. Italian news reports said Premier Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed the release.