Italy celebrates release of hostages
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&quot;It has been a long time since Italy enjoyed a true and spontaneous feeling of joy, capable of uniting the entire nation,&quot; said the leading daily Corriere della Sera in an editorial.
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Italy reacted with joy to the release  of two aid workers kidnapped in Iraq, but France's government  was cautious on Wednesday on a report that two captured French  journalists may also soon be freed.
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Eight hostages have been released in Iraq. Two Italians and two Iraqi aid workers kidnapped this month were freed Tuesday after three weeks in captivity, Italy's prime minister said.
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Two Italian humanitarian workers held by kidnappers for 21 days in Iraq thanked Pope John Paul II for his prayers and public appeals for their release.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in Baghdad three weeks ago were set free on Tuesday along with kidnapped Iraqis and Egyptians in a flurry of releases, but
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ROME -- Italian politicians pledged yesterday to put aside their differences over the Iraq war and work together to free two female aid workers abducted in Baghdad, the third time Italian citizens have been taken hostage in Iraq over the past six months.
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THE emotional return of the aid workers Simona Pari and Simona Torretta to Italy after their kidnap ordeal in Iraq was a joyful sight to behold.
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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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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 Italian women who were held hostage for three weeks have been released in Iraq, Reuters said on Tuesday. The two aid workers, Simona Pari (search) and Simona Torretta (search), both 29, were apparently
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Captors of two Italian hostages, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, in Iraq have agreed to free the women for a US$1 million ($1.52 million) ransom, Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai al-Aam said last night.
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Two Italian women aid workers held hostage  in Iraq for three weeks, returned home to cheers and tears on  Tuesday with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leading the  welcome party at Rome's Ciampino airport.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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Two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq for three weeks were freed Tuesday and immediately flown to a rapturous homecoming in Rome.
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Relieved Italians celebrated as Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced the safe release of two Italian aid workers who had been kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago.
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ROME - Italy insisted on Wednesday it did not pay a million-dollar ransom to win the release of two aid workers, as the country rejoiced in the homecoming of the women who said they were ready to return to Iraq to continue their work there.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 28, 2004 - Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.