Chinese Seized; Iraq to Tighten Poll Security
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Insurgents in Iraq threatened on  Tuesday to kill eight Chinese hostages as Baghdad officials  said they would close land borders and restrict traffic across  the country in a bid to thwart attacks during next week's  election.
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Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized an Iranian diplomat as he drove through central Baghdad, officials said Tuesday. Tehran condemned the abduction and blamed U.S. forces in Iraq
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Baghdad - Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese-American businessman - the second United States citizen seized this week in Baghdad - and militants released a tape showing the beheading of an Iraqi officer as a warning to those who deal with &quot;the infidel&quot; Americans
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Iraq had a rare moment out of the world spotlight in the past week, eclipsed by the tsunami devastation in Southeast Asia. But the country saw a host of critically important political developments and deadly attacks that could cripple elections set for Jan. 30, and that suggest the insurgents are refining their strategy to wreck the vote.
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Insurgents released a video on Tuesday of eight Chinese hostages in Iraq and threatened to kill them in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country.
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Developments in Iraq on Saturday:
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Gunmen have seized six people in Iraq after a gun battle in which one guard and one of the assailants were killed. The kidnappers stormed the compound of a Saudi company in an
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Baghdad, Iraq -- Pro-government forces in Iraq are trying to retake control of insurgent-dominated regions ahead of January national elections.
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U.S. troops detained a bodyguard for the leader of Iraq's biggest Sunni Arab political group on suspicion the guard was preparing suicide bombings, and fearful officials on Saturday enforced a total ban on movement in this city of about seven million people.
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: US troops clashed Monday with Sunni insurgents west of the capital and gunmen assassinated Baghdad&#39;s deputy governor as fresh American soldiers arrived in the capital _ a move that will push US military strength in Iraq to its
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.
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Iraqi security forces seized 200 explosive belts along the Syrian border Wednesday, a police spokesman said, reinforcing Baghdad's claims that its western neighbor isn't doing enough to stop the flow of fighters and weapons to al-Qaida in Iraq.
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Iraqi insurgents free eight Chinese hostages after Beijing restates advice for its nationals to avoid Iraq.
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Iraq closed its borders with Iran and Syria as U.S. and Iraqi troops tightened their grip on Baghdad on Thursday, searching neighborhoods and setting up checkpoints that stopped and searched even official convoys.
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IRAQI Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said in an interview with Chinese state media today that landmark elections planned for next month could be delayed in some parts of Iraq due to fragile security.
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed, and located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said Sunday.
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Extra security measures are being introduced in Iraq ahead of Sunday's election - the first since the invasion.