Iraq Insurgents Free 8 Chinese Hostages
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Insurgents in Iraq released eight  Chinese laborers they had taken hostage and threatened to kill,  as guerrillas launched more attacks on majority Shi'ites,  expected to come out on top in Jan. 30 elections.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A militant group in Iraq on Wednesday released seven foreign truck drivers they had held hostage for six weeks after dropping nearly all their demands for the release of prisoners and compensation for the victims of fighting.
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Muslim students linked to a radical mosque kidnapped nine people, including three Chinese women, from an alleged brothel in Pakistan's capital on Saturday, freeing them hours later, officials said.
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Insurgents in Iraq threatened on  Tuesday to kill eight Chinese hostages, as officials said they  would close land borders and restrict traffic across the  country in a bid to thwart attacks during next week's election.
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Islamic militants freed seven truck  drivers from India, Kenya and Egypt Wednesday after holding  them hostage in Iraq for six weeks, offering a ray of hope to a  dozen other foreigners still in captivity.
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Insurgents in Iraq have kidnapped more than 170 foreigners:
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One Chinese hostage held by Islamic militants dies and one is freed in a rescue mission by Pakistan's army.
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed, and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.
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China says it is taking "all measures" to secure the release of eight nationals abducted in Iraq.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban insurgents freed 12 South Korean hostages in Afghanistan on Wednesday, a day after reaching a deal with Korean and Indonesian negotiators on the release of the 19 Christian volunteers.
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Families of eight Chinese labourers held hostage by militants in Iraq plead for their release.
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Gunmen who kidnapped 30 people at a Red Crescent office in Baghdad on Sunday have freed 17 hostages, an official of the humanitarian group said on Monday.
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U.S. and Iraqi troops captured eight suspected insurgents Thursday in raids north of Baghdad as part of a campaign to prevent insurgents from regrouping outside the city during the ongoing security crackdown.
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The Taliban freed eight of their 19 South Korean captives as the wrenching six-week hostage crisis in Afghanistan neared resolution.
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Insurgents who have threatened to kill eight Chinese hostages said on Friday they would treat them "mercifully" if China banned all Chinese citizens from entering the country.
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Nine Chinese oil workers abducted last month by militants in an armed attack in Nigeria's southern delta were released on Sunday, officials said.
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U.S. troops detained 81 suspected insurgents and seized several weapons caches in Iraq's volatile Anbar province over the last three days, the U.S. military said Monday.