Turkish businessman freed in Iraq
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Kidnappers in southern Iraq release a wealthy Turkish shipping magnate who was held for two months.
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A Turkish company said Sunday it was withdrawing from Iraq a day after Iraqi militants threatened to behead its employee unless it ceased operations in the country, the Anatolia news agency reported.
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Weapons that were originally given to Iraqi security forces by the American military have been recovered over the past year by authorities in Turkey after being used in violent crimes in that country, Pentagon officials said yesterday.
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One of the two CBS journalists kidnapped in the Iraqi city of Basra on Sunday has been released.
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Iraqi kidnappers released 10 Turkish construction workers unharmed near Baghdad Tuesday as their employer backed away from a promise to leave the country.
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul reported Monday that kidnapped truck driver Mithat Civi, a Turkish national, was freed by his captors.
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Turkey&#39;s Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul told reporters in Ankara that the men arrived in Baghdad Tuesday, and that their families have been informed of their release.
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HATAY/MERSIN - Renay International Transportation Company, which Turkish truck driver Mithat Civi worked for, decided to withdraw from Iraq on Sunday.
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ANKARA, Turkey  - Kidnappers have abducted a  Turkish shipping magnate and three others in southern Iraq and  demanded a $25 million ransom, the Turkish private NTV  television channel said Saturday.
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Kidnappers have abducted a Turkish  shipping magnate and three others in southern Iraq and demanded  a $25 million ransom, the Turkish private NTV television  channel said on Saturday.
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CAIRO, Egypt An Egyptian company says one of its four workers who had been kidnapped in Iraq has been freed. It says it can&#39;t give the status of the others being held hostage but says it is &quot;doing its best to secure&quot; their release.
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US forces captured two senior figures in al-Qaida&#39;s branch in Iraq, the US military said Saturday, and one of Turkey&#39;s richest businessmen
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ANKARA, Turkey - A Turkish company said Sunday it was withdrawing from Iraq a day after Iraqi militants threatened to behead its employee unless it ceased operations in the country, the Anatolia news agency reported.    The group, calling itself the Islamic Resistance Movement - Al-Noaman Brigades, released a tape showing a bearded man, purported to be the Turkish truck driver, sitting in front of a black banner bearing the group's name in gold Arabic characters...
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An Arab TV station said Sunday it received a statement from Iraqi militants saying they had freed 10 Turkish hostages. An anchor on Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV, citing &quot;special sources,&quot; said
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ANKARA, Dec 25  - Turkey&#39;s Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Saturday that his government was doing its utmost to find a prominent Turkish businessman who is believed to have been kidnapped by unidentified militants in neighbouring Iraq.
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Turkish contractors are about to leave Iraq. Ankara-based construction company Vinsan announced on Tuesday about its decision to quit business activity in Iraq in order to save their ten employees who were captured by Iraqi terrorists last Saturday.
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Islamic insurgents released 10 Turkish hostages in Iraq, and their employer said Tuesday that his company will resume operations in the wartorn country because it was unclear whether the abductions were politically motivated or criminal.