Italians Demand Release of Workers in Iraq
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Several thousand people marched in a candlelight vigil in Rome Friday, calling for the release of two Italian female aid workers held hostage in Iraq.
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Italy's foreign minister said he was still hopeful that two Italian women held hostage in Iraq would be released, as a purported ultimatum by the kidnappers was about to expire.
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A chained British hostage in Iraq  begged Tony Blair for help on Wednesday, cranking up the  emotional pressure on the prime minister as Italians celebrated  the release of two women aid workers after paying a ransom.
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Italy is sending an envoy to the Middle East to work for the release of two women aid workers seized in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 2 -- A coalition of 300 Iraqi tribal leaders on Saturday demanded the release of Saddam Hussein so he could reclaim the presidency and also called for armed resistance against U.S.-led forces.
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DOHA: Qatar yesterday expresed sympathy with Italy and joined its leaders in calling for the release of two Italian women held hostage by kidnappers in Iraq.
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A kidnapped Italian journalist begs for her life as the Italian Senate votes to extend the country's military presence in Iraq.
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The Italian government insisted it would maintain its 3,000 troops in Iraq despite an ultimatum from an Islamic group holding an Italian journalist and demanding that Rome withdraw its forces within 48 hours.
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ROME, October 2 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - The Iraqi people have every right to resist the US-led occupation forces until liberating their homeland, one of two Italian hostages freed in Iraq has said.
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Italy's foreign minister  is going to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two Italian women seized in Iraq.
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French government officials called for the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq by a group demanding that France rescind a ban on Islamic headscarves in the nation&#39;s schools, Agence
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The Italian government has asked Malta to take back the 97 illegal immigrants who, it insists, were re-routed to Sicily early on Saturday morning.
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The Italian government said Tuesday it would maintain its 3,000 troops in Iraq despite an ultimatum from a radical Muslim group holding an Italian journalist and demanding that Rome withdraw its forces within 48 hours.
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FOUR Iraqi religious leaders, including two imams, appealed today for the release of four aid workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - who were taken hostage in Baghdad overnight.
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An Italian aid worker held hostage last month in Iraq said guerrillas there were right to fight U.S.-led forces and their Iraqi "puppet government." In comments that were bound to annoy Prime Minister Silvio ...
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France's government and opposition showed  rare unity in appealing for the release of two Frenchmen held  in Iraq as an Italian envoy flew to the Middle East on Thursday  to urge freedom for two female Italian aid workers.
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Thousands of Italians marched silently through Rome in a candlelit procession on Friday to demand the release of two female aid workers seized in Baghdad.