Italy seeks release of hostages
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An Italian envoy has flown to the Middle East to seek help in securing the release of two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq.
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France&#39;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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Premier Romano Prodi said on Wednesday he was "hopeful" of a rapid release for an Italian reporter kidnapped by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.Comment
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European papers look at the Labour Party conference and release of two Italian hostages in Iraq
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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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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 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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Italy is investigating whether an Italian journalist abducted in Iraq was seized by insurgents or by ordinary criminals hoping for a ransom, a top Foreign Ministry official said Sunday.
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Captors of two Italian hostages in Iraq have agreed to free the women, as early as this week, for a &#36;1 million ransom, a Kuwaiti daily said on Tuesday in a report splashed over the front pages of Italian newspapers.
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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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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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The government appealed for the release of a Briton held hostage in Iraq in a message aired on Arabic satellite television channels.
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Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist  held hostage in Iraq, begged for her life and appealed for  foreign troops to quit the country in a tape released by  insurgents on Wednesday.
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The French Foreign Minister has called for the release of two French journalists being held hostage by Islamist kidnappers in Iraq.
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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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An Italian journalist taken hostage in Baghdad made an emotional appeal for her life and called on foreign forces to withdraw from the country in a tape released by insurgents on Wednesday.
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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.