Italy celebrates hostages' return
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Two Italian aid workers freed after being held hostage in Iraq receive a rapturous welcome in Rome.
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Two Italian women aid workers held  hostage in Iraq have been released and handed over to the  Italian charge d'affaires in Baghdad, Al Jazeera television  said on Tuesday.
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Two kidnapped Italian aid workers were today reunited with their families after being released and flown home from Iraq. Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were
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Italy was in shock at the execution of a kidnapped journalist in Iraq, described by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a return "to the dark times of barbarism," but he pledged Italian troops would stay.
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Italy has reacted with joy to the release of two aid workers kidnapped in Iraq, but France&#39;s government was cautious on a report that two captured French journalists may also soon be freed.
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National joy in Italy at the safe return  of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some  quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom  for the women's freedom.
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TWO French journalists freed after four months of being held hostage in Iraq returned yesterday to an emotional reunion in Paris with their families and a jubilant President Jacques Chirac.
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The release of two Italian women aid workers in Iraq was greeted with joy and relief on Tuesday following three weeks of anguish in Italy over their abduction.
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned home to a heroes'  welcome on Wednesday as a relieved government basked in  national joy at their release.
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Two French journalists freed after a 4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned home to a heroes' welcome on Wednesday as a relieved government basked in national joy at their release.
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Four humanitarian workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - were freed yesterday after being kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago. Simona Torretta, Simona Pari, Raad Ali Abdul Azziz and Mahnouz Bassam all worked
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A relieved Italy broke into celebrations Tuesday as Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced the safe release of two Italian women aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago.
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned to a heroes' welcome in  Paris on Wednesday as the relieved government basked in a  national wave of joy at their safe release.
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Rome - Hundreds of people cheered and applauded on Tuesday outside the home of one of the two Italian aid workers freed in Baghdad, celebrating the release of the women after an anguished three-week wait.
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Two Italian soldiers kidnapped in Afghanistan are freed during a military operation, Italy's defence ministry says.
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Beaming smiles at the millions who prayed for their freedom, Simona Torretta and Simona Pari returned to a relieved Rome last night.
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ROME, Sep 30 (IPS) - "Shukran, shukran gesilan, ma salama (Thank  you, many thanks, see you)," Italian aid workers Simona Pari  and Simona Torretta said, after being freed this week in the  Iraqi capital, Baghdad.