Italy Hostage Death in Iraq Stuns Nation
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Recalling the horror the nation felt when its first hostage was killed in Iraq, word that a second Italian hostage was slain brought condemnation from the pope Friday and fueled debate over Italy's role in the war-torn country.
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ROME Italy expressed disgust and outrage on Friday after an Italian journalist held hostage by a radical Islamic group in Iraq was executed.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called the killing of an Italian journalist by his Iraqi captors ``barbaric&#39;&#39; and said he&#39;ll keep his nation&#39;s 3,000 soldiers in the Middle Eastern country.
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Italy dismisses claims that two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been killed.
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage in Iraq as a barbaric act, but vowed that Italy would stay the course in Iraq.
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The Italian Foreign Ministry has notified the family of a kidnapped Iraqi businessman who was a longtime resident of Italy that the man has been killed in Iraq, the businessman's brother said Monday.
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National joy in Italy at the safe return  of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some  quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom  for the women's freedom.
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The Pentagon death toll in Iraq has reached at least 1,002 nearly 18 months after the US-led invasion, as the brazen abduction of two Italian women aid workers in central Baghdad sparked a new hostage crisis.
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The Iraqi kidnappers of Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni killed him because Italy refused to heed their earlier deadline to withdraw troops from Iraq, says Al Jazeera television.
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Concern mounts for the two Italian women taken hostage in Iraq, with no word so far from the group that seized them.
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DUBAI - An Italian journalist taken hostage in Iraq has been executed, Al-Jazeera television reported Thursday. The Arab television station said it received a video showing the killing of Enzo Baldoni.
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Family and friends felt horror Wednesday at seeing a video of an Italian journalist kidnapped in Iraq pleading for her life &#151; and relief that she was still alive.
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The brother of an Italian-based Iraqi businessman who had been held hostage in Iraq for more than a month said he had learnt from Italy's foreign ministry that he had been murdered.
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The safe release of two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq led to questions Wednesday over whether a ransom was paid, highlighting the dilemma of many governments if the price
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Two Italian women aid workers were reported killed in Iraq and a British hostage pleaded for his life after the killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq.
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The two Italian hostages recently released by captors in Iraq have stirred anger among some with their criticism of the country's participation in the war.
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Shocked by the murder of a kidnapped Japanese hostage in Iraq, the Japanese government Sunday denounced the slaying but vowed to keep its forces there.