Iraqi captors set new conditions
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A STATEMENT purportedly from the captors of two French journalists in Iraq gave France 48 hours from today to accept three new conditions - agreeing to a recent truce offer by Osama bin Laden, payment of $US5 million ($7.
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US-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq are changing track amid a scourge of hostage beheadings, as contractors seek to hire more local companies directly instead of high-risk and costly foreign expertise.
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A new approach by American-led forces in Iraq is producing "breathtaking" improvements in security in some areas, says Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in the country, but al Qaeda in Iraq remains well-entrenched in some Baghdad neighborhoods.
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Iraq wants to tighten control over security contractors after a deadly shooting incident involving the U.S. firm Blackwater, ending their long immunity from Iraqi prosecution, the Interior Ministry said on Friday.
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Hostage takers in Iraq have stepped up their kidnappings aimed at driving out foreign companies involved in reconstruction projects.
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U.S. forces in Iraq are striking a variety of "handshake agreements" with Iraqi insurgents and militia groups, sometimes resulting in the release of fighters detained for attacking coalition forces, U.S. military officials said in several recent interviews.
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The captors of two French journalists allegedly put forward new demands for their release, but French officials cast doubt on the authenticity of the demands and remained cautiously optimistic about securing their release.
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Poor living conditions for U.S. soldiers and an immersion in an unfamiliar culture may have contributed to abuses at U.S. detention facilities in Iraq, according to government documents released to the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday.
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Negotiations are held behind the scenes in Iraq to free two Americans and a Briton threatened with beheading.
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At times, they feared for their lives. They spent many days with blindfolds pressed against their eyes. Their Iraqi captors were convinced they were spies or proselytizers of Catholicism.
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The fate of a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad is looking increasingly perilous after his captors threatened to kill him if their demands are not met.
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Harsh interrogation methods of Iraqi prisoners went &quot;beyond the bounds of standard FBI practice,&quot; the FBI&#39;s top official in Iraq said in a memo released yesterday.
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Description: Margaret Hassan, the British aid worker abducted by insurgents in Baghdad last month, may have been put to death by her captors.
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ELEANOR HALL: After holding Iraqi citizen and CARE Australia worker, Margaret Hassan for two weeks, her captors have now threatened to hand her over to al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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"Bomb, bomb," a man shouts, as a group of Iraqis dives for cover. It's all a drill &#151; part of six-week course to train new guards who will oversee thousands of prisoners taken into custody in the ongoing Baghdad security crackdown.
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Top government crisis cell prepared for fresh talks Wednesday about how to secure the release of five Britons who were kidnapped in Baghdad in broad daylight, officials said.
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Five British civilians kidnapped in Baghdad last month are being held by a group trained, funded and armed by Iran, US commander says.