Italy split over hostages&#39; views
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After three weeks of complete silence followed by death claims on two separate Arabic web sites, few in Italy dared hope the two abducted aid workers would resurface from their captivity unharmed and smiling.
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Pope John Paul condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq, denouncing the
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Militants holding three hostages in Afghanistan are divided over what to do after issuing a series of deadlines and narrowing their demands, the BBC reports.
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The Italian government has dismissed as &quot;unreliable&quot; claims made on the internet that two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been killed.
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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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DOHA, September 28 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - The hostage crisis in Iraq saw a breakthrough Tuesday, September 28, as the two Italian female hostages in Iraq have been released, hours after three others, including an Egyptian, were also freed.
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ROME, Oct 6 (IPS) - Politicians and intellectuals look more and more  worried about Italy's relations with Turkey, as the subject  overlaps with the question of Islam, immigration, and security.
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Reporters Without Borders expressed revulsion today at the &quot;barbaric&quot; death of Italian freelance journalist Enzo Baldoni, 56, who was executed in Iraq last night by his kidnappers, according to the pan-Arab TV news station Al-Jazeera and the Italian news
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Italy&#39;s government tried to reassure an anguished nation Thursday that two women hostages in Iraq were most likely still alive, saying an Islamist group&#39;s claim to have killed them was &quot;unreliable.
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The Italian government has urged caution on reports that two Italian women being held captive in Iraq have been killed, saying the claims are unreliable and part of a terrorism campaign being carried out ...
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Italians celebrated the freedom Wednesday of two women aid workers held captive in Iraq for three weeks, but the nationwide joy was diluted by questions about whether a ransom was paid, a capitulation to ...
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Italy will not bow to the kidnappers of two Italian aid workers in Iraq who are demanding that it withdraw its forces from Iraq, an Italian envoy said today.
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Troop deployments have split Mr Prodi's coalition Italian President Giorgio Napolitano is to begin crisis talks following the resignation of the prime minister, Romano Prodi.Comment
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Ever since Simona Pari and Simona Torretta were abducted in Baghdad three weeks ago, Italians from Sicily to the Alps have been in anguish over the fate of the two 29-year-old aid workers.
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A plan to split ItalyÂs largest phone company into separate mobile and fixed-line units has led to a political slugfest.
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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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Italy's president consulted with minor  parties on Saturday in an effort to resolve a political crisis,  with politicians divided between favoring snap elections or an  interim government to enact reforms.