Australia stands firm as it investigates Iraq hostage claim
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SYDNEY : 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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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.
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Australia vowed yesterday never to negotiate with terrorists amid claims Iraqi militants have kidnap-ped two Australians and will execute them unless Canberra withdraws its troops from the country.
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A claim by the &quot;Horror Brigades of the Islamic Secret Army&quot; that it had kidnapped two Australians in Iraq remains unverified, but the Department of Foreign Affairs says some Australians known to be in the country are still unaccounted for.
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Australia was unlikely to extend its role in Iraq but would keep its troops in the war-torn nation until the job was done, Prime Minister John Howard said.
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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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A U.S. investigation found no evidence  two Australian al Qaeda suspects held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba  were abused by their American captors, Australian Foreign  Minister Alexander Downer said on Thursday.
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The Australian government said Tuesday it was examining whether it can confiscate any media payments to a Sydney-based terrorist suspect held at the US military base at Guantanamo Bay for almost three years.
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The Australian government says it will provide any help it can to help secure the release of CARE Australia&#39;s leader in Iraq, Margaret Hassan.
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SYDNEY - A deadline set by supposed hostage-takers in Iraq for Australian Prime Minister John Howard to announce a withdrawal of Australian forces from their country passed Wednesday with no announcement by Howard and no word on the hostages.
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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, unable to verify a report that two of its citizens had been taken hostage in Iraq, said today it had sent a logistics team to the country and still was trying to account for all of its nationals there.
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CARE Australia has put its operations in Iraq on hold, after its leader, Margaret Hassan, was kidnapped in Baghdad. CARE Australia&#39;s chief executive, Robert Glasser, is reluctant to talk about anything to
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The Federal Government says Australians in the Solomon Islands remain on high alert despite the arrest of a man in connection with the shooting death of Australian peacekeeper Adam Dunning.
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An unidentified Australian journalist was held hostage in Iraq for 24 hours at the weekend before being released unharmed, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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Italy insisted on Friday that the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamist kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.
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ALMOST 24 hours after an insurgent group said it had captured two Australian security guards in Iraq, the Government was still unable to confirm or deny the claim.