Italians snatched in Nigeria raid
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Three Italians are  kidnapped by masked gunmen in speedboats in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen in speed boats kidnapped seven foreign oil workers in a raid on an Italian oil production vessel off the Nigerian coast on Wednesday, authorities said.
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Two Italian woman aid workers and two  Iraqis were kidnapped in broad daylight in central Baghdad  Tuesday in a brazen raid that will alarm foreigners already  edgy from widespread kidnappings.
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Gunmen kidnapped a group of foreign oil workers on Friday, including three Americans and four Britons, in Nigeria's unruly southern petroleum-producing region, officials said.
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An Italian national working for a British non-governmental organisation has been taken hostage in Iraq, the Italian news agency ANSA reported, quoting Italian intelligence sources.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A team of kidnappers grabbed two Americans and a Briton in a dawn raid on their home on a leafy Baghdad street Thursday - a bold abduction that underlines the increasing danger for foreigners in the embattled capital as violence soars ahead of national elections planned for early next year.    West of the capital, U.S...
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Gunmen abducted two Italians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of kidnappings of foreigners in the Palestinian coastal strip.
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Kidnappers disguised in police fatigues kidnapped two Italian women working for a humanitarian organization in Baghdad Tuesday. Qatar&#39;s al-Jazeera television said gunmen stormed
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Groups tied to Abu Musab Zarqawi claim a major car bombing Tuesday, taking Westerners as hostages. By Howard LaFranchi. BAGHDAD - When a disciplined group of uniformed men kidnapped two Italian aid workers
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Gunmen have kidnapped several foreigners in the main oil-producing region of southern Nigeria, military and industry sources said Friday.
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Two Italian military intelligence officers kidnapped in Afghanistan were freed on Monday during a raid by NATO-led troops in which nine kidnappers and an Afghan hostage were killed, Italy's defense minister said.
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Two Italian women and two Iraqis, all working for a humanitarian group, were kidnapped Tuesday afternoon by gunmen who forced their way into a building in a middle-class neighborhood.
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Two Italian soldiers who had been kidnapped in Afghanistan have been freed in a raid, Italy's Defense Ministry said on Monday.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen in speed boats kidnapped seven oil workers including one Italian in a raid on an oil production vessel off the Nigerian coast on Wednesday, authorities said.
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Gunmen have seized three foreign workers in Nigeria's unruly southern oil region, police said Monday.
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Armed men early Thursday kidnapped a three-year-old girl said to be the daughter of a British expatriate in volatile southern Nigeria, police said.
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Two boys who hold Italian citizenship have been kidnapped along with their Venezuelan mother in the South American country, the Italian Embassy said Friday.