China seeks 'freed Iraq hostages'
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China is still tracking down its  eight nationals - a day after they were reportedly freed in Iraq, officials say.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.    There is wide speculation that ransoms were paid for the freedom of a dozen hostages, including two Italian aid workers...
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Insurgents released a video on Tuesday of eight Chinese hostages in Iraq and threatened to kill them in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country.
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Efforts to rescue a Japanese hostage in Iraq continued Wednesday with a call from Japan&#39;s foreign minister on the abductors to free the young man while the British hostage in
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Kidnappers holding two Indonesian women hostages in Iraq are demanding the release of a militant cleric accused of leading a terrorist group in Southeast Asia.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain appealed on Thursday  to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but  still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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Japan sought international and Iraqi help for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq on Thursday, less than 24 hours before a deadline set by his captors to behead him unless Japan withdraws its troops.
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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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The Irish government steps up its efforts to free Ken Bigley, held hostage in Iraq, by talking to diplomats from Iran and Jordan.
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Japan sought international help on  Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less  than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead  him unless Tokyo pulled out its troops.
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The employer of two Chinese engineers kidnapped in Pakistan was hopeful they would be released as their abductors were targeting neither the company nor Chinese, a spokesman for the firm said on Monday.
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TOKYO - Japan sought international help Wednesday to secure the release of a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq and pledged to do its utmost to gain his freedom after refusing to bow to the kidnappers&#39; threat to behead him unless Japan withdraws its
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Islamic militants are still holding two Chinese engineers they kidnapped in Pakistan and have threatened to kill them if attacked by security forces, a member of a team seeking the captives&#39; release said on Sunday.
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Insurgents in Iraq said they released  eight Chinese hostages on Saturday, as an Islamist militant  group said it had shot dead 15 kidnapped Iraqi soldiers in  continued violence ahead of this month's election.
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French President Jacques Chirac has made new pleas for the freedom of two hostages on the 100th day of their captivity in Iraq. Chirac appealed to the captors to choose &quot;the
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The Foreign Office has appealed on Al Arabiya television for any information from Iraqis on Kenneth Bigley, a British engineer taken hostage with two Americans last week.
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Iraqi insurgents free eight Chinese hostages after Beijing restates advice for its nationals to avoid Iraq.