Italian FM seeks Gulf support for release of Iraq hostages
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini met Emirati officials as part of continued efforts to secure the release of two women hostages threatened with execution in Iraq.
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10 September 2004 -- Iraq&#39;s interim President Ghazi Ajil al-Yawir arrived in Rome today for talks with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as Rome is trying to secure the release of two Italian female aid workers being held in Iraq.
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A top Italian official leaves for the Middle East to seek the help of Arab countries to secure the release of two female Italian aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
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ROME : A top Italian official leaves for the Middle East to seek the help of Arab countries to secure the release of two female Italian aid workers taken hostage in Iraq.
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Italian opposition leaders have said they will work with the government to try to secure the release of two women aid workers kidnapped in Iraq.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini  drummed up Gulf Arab support on Tuesday for the release of two  Italian hostages facing a death threat in Iraq.
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The Italian press was unusually united last week, offering near-unanimous support for the government&#39;s reported decision to pay a ransom to secure the release of Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, the two hostages held in Baghdad.
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Japan&#39;s Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura has urged Islamic militants in Iraq to release a Japanese hostage, in an interview with the Arabic satellite network Al-Jazeera.
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The Italian foreign minister will travel to the Middle East in an effort to secure the release of two Italian women aid workers kidnapped in Iraq.
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F   ranco Frattini , Italy's foreign minister, said a two-day international meeting on Iraq in late November will examine ways to stabilize the country and develop plans for an exit strategy for the U.S.-led occupation force there.
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A senior Italian politician says ransom of $1m was paid for the release of two hostages held in Iraq.
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Italy insisted Friday the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamic kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.
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ROME -- Italian politicians pledged yesterday to put aside their differences over the Iraq war and work together to free two female aid workers abducted in Baghdad, the third time Italian citizens have been taken hostage in Iraq over the past six months.
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An Italian journalist taken hostage in  Baghdad made an emotional appeal for her life and called on  foreign forces to withdraw from the country in a tape released  by insurgents on Wednesday.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini appealed for a "civilized dialogue" between religions as he stood inside Kuwait's Grand Mosque at the start of a Middle East visit he hopes will help win the release of two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq.
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Italy is sending an envoy to the Middle East to work for the release of two women aid workers seized in Iraq.
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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday called on Iraqi insurgents to release a U.S. hostage, responding to the captive's plea for his intervention.