Kidnapped Israeli troops 'alive'
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France's foreign minister says he "understands" two Israeli soldiers kidnapped in Lebanon last year are alive.
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The U.S. military believes that five Britons, a computer expert and four bodyguards, kidnapped in Baghdad in May are still alive, a top U.S. general said on Tuesday.
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In their first comment about the fate of two soldiers whose capture triggered a monthlong war between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas last summer, Israeli officials said Wednesday the two were seriously wounded &#151; raising the prospect they may no longer be alive.
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TWO French journalists taken hostage in Iraq in August are still alive, and "indirect" negotiations have resumed to try to free them, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told officials today.
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Three UN hostages seized by militants in Afghanistan have appeared in a video shown by the Arabic television channel al-Jazeera. The three seemed in good health in the video, in which their kidnappers called
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The Islamist group that claims to have kidnapped three UN staff in the Afghan capital has provided evidence for the first time that it is holding them.
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Israeli aircraft fired missiles at the Palestinian prime minister&#039;s office early Sunday, just hours after a Palestinian official said the soldier whose abduction sent Israeli troops into the Gaza Strip is alive and in stable condition.
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Israeli armored forces prepared for a   threatened offensive into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after   mediators said hope of recovering a kidnapped soldier through   talks was almost gone.
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Israeli forces concluded a four-day operation in the West Bank city of Nablus yesterday, capturing a senior Hamas commander who Israeli military officials said was the leader of a cell that was preparing a suicide bombing in Israel during the religious holiday.
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A Palestinian rescue of an Israeli soldier in Jenin Tuesday boosted hopes for security cooperation.
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The two Italian women kidnapped in Baghdad a few weeks ago are alive, AFP reported on Thursday quoting the influential Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS).
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Four hostages are found alive in or near Falluja by US troops fighting to wrest control of the city from insurgents.
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Palestinian gunmen freed an Israeli Arab  producer for CNN television unharmed on Tuesday a day after  kidnapping him in the Gaza Strip. Riad Ali said his captors  told him they were members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a  militant group in Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah  movement. Spokesmen for the Brigades has denied involvement.
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France said on Sunday two French reporters held hostage with their Syrian driver in Iraq were still alive a few days ago. &quot;We are working discreetly, following up leads, reestablishing
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year began.
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In a statement, the Israeli army described those arrested as âsenior members of the Hamas terror organization.â
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U.N. member nations should insist that Lebanon's Hezbollah group produce evidence that the two Israeli soldiers it abducted a year ago are still alive, a senior U.N. envoy said on Wednesday.