Turkish Firm Freezes Iraq Operations to Save Kidnapped Employees
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A Turkish construction company announced today that it was halting operations in neighbouring Iraq in a bid to save the lives of 10 employees kidnapped by militants.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent suspends operations in Baghdad a day after almost 30 people are kidnapped.
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European Union foreign ministers decided Monday to freeze parts of entry talks with Turkey on Monday over Ankara's refusal to open its ports to trade with EU member Cyprus.
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Iraqi kidnappers have released 10 Turkish  hostages they had held for over a month after their Turkish  employer said it would leave Iraq, Al Jazeera television said  on Sunday.
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A prominent Turkish ship owner and his captain are being held hostage in Iraq, according to video footage screened today. Kahraman Sadikoglu and ship captain Ahmet Yurtdas are believed to have been kidnapped
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Iraqi militants have freed 10 employees of a Turkish construction company taken captive in Iraq in last month, the company&#39;s general manager says.
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BAGHDAD -- US forces captured two senior figures in Al Qaeda's branch in Iraq, the US military said yesterday, and one of Turkey's richest businessmen was reported kidnapped, appearing in a video along with a weeping employee saying they were being held hostage.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent suspended operations in Baghdad after gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped about 30 people from one of its offices in the capital on Sunday, an official of the humanitarian body said on Monday.
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An Iraqi group calling itself Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Brigades has claimed to have abducted 10 employees from an &quot;American-Turkish&quot; company operating in Iraq.
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Iraqi kidnappers have released 10 Turkish hostages they had held for over a month after their Turkish employer said it would leave Iraq, Al Jazeera television said on Sunday.
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KUWAIT CITY, 6 September 2004 - A leading Kuwaiti transport company, which has multimillion-dollar contracts with US forces, said yesterday a small number of its Turkish drivers have refused to go to Iraq for fear of being taken hostage.
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Two Turkish hostages were freed by Iraqi militants Sunday, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said, less than a week after the men's employers said they were ending operations in Iraq to save the lives of their employees.
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CARE today suspended its humanitarian relief efforts in Iraq one day after gunman kidnapped the British-born woman who for decades has led the group&#39;s drive to improve living conditions here.
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A Turkish Airlines employee armed with a gun was holding a female colleague hostage at the company's headquarters in Istanbul on Tuesday, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.
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Kidnappers have abducted a Turkish shipping magnate and three others in southern Iraq and demanded a &#36;25 million ransom, the Turkish private NTV television channel said Saturday.
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AMMAN, Sept. 15. - The owner of a Jordanian truck company announced today that he had ordered its Iraq operations stopped in a bid to save the life of a driver held hostage by a militant group.
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CARE Internationalâs operations in Iraq remained suspended tonight as kidnapped aid chief Margaret Hassanâs second day in captivity drew to a close with no word on her fate.