Australia stands firm as it investigates Iraq hostage claim
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Australia has vowed never to bow to terrorists after an unconfirmed claim that two Australians have been taken hostage in Iraq and will be executed unless Canberra withdraws its troops from the country.
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Prime Minister John Howard said Tuesday that he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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A JOURNALIST kidnapped in Baghdad was probably released because he was Australian and there was no hatred of Australians in the country, Iraq&#39;s national security adviser said today.
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The Australian government Tuesday denied that it had forged a secret deal with US Vice President Dick Cheney to secure the release of Guantanamo Bay terror detainee David Hicks.
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Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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Australian officials have been trying to locate Australians in Iraq following claims by Iraqi insurgents that two Australian security guards were kidnapped on Monday and threatened with execution.
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CANBERRA - Prime Minister John Howardâs government was trying to account for all of its citizens in Iraq on Wednesday after militants claimed to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them.
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Australia sent a special hostage rescue team to Iraq as it tried to unravel the mystery surrounding claims that Islamic militants had kidnapped two Australian security guards, officials said.
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Australia says it is willing to talk to the kidnappers of a Baghdad-based aid worker to secure her release, but will not pay a ransom or change its Iraq policy.
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CANBERRA - Australia&#39;s foreign minister says it may be several days before the government can verify whether two Australian security guards have been taken hostage in Iraq.
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An Australian journalist was held hostage in Iraq for nearly 24 hours but has now been released unharmed. John Martinkus was seized outside his Baghdad hotel on Saturday, according to his employer, SBS television.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as  investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two  Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with  execution.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Diplomats investigated Tuesday a report that an Australian oil engineer had been abducted in Yemen by armed tribesmen, but a conflicting report from Yemen said there was no kidnapping.
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Prime Minister John Howard's government said Wednesday it had tracked down all 225 of its citizens known to be in Iraq, raising hopes that a claim by militants who said they'd kidnapped two Australians was untrue.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard was defiant about his support for the war in Iraq despite a new report's finding that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the basis for the invasion.
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There is still no confirmation of reports that two Australians working as security guards in Iraq are being held hostage by Islamic extremists.
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US President George W. Bush and Australia&#39;s John Howard vowed Wednesday to stand firm on Iraq in a strong defence of their strategy to contain violence in the war-torn country.