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The foreign community&#39;s fragile sense of security took another blow Friday as news spread of the latest kidnapping of foreigners in the Iraqi capital
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The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed footage Thursday of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants. Al-Jazeera said the 10 six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD Two Egyptian engineers working for a telecommunications company have been kidnapped from their office, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Friday.
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A man believed to be a US contractor of Lebanese origin has been seized by gunmen in Baghdad overnight, Iraqi police have reported.
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As the fate of a British hostage remains unclear, two Egyptian engineers have been kidnapped from their Baghdad office Thursday night, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official says.
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The Egyptian foreign ministry has confirmed the abduction of six Egyptians employed by an Iraqi unit of the Egyptian telecom giant Orascom.
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US and Iraqi forces announced they seized control of the Iraqi city Samarra on Saturday, after engaging in fierce battles with anti-occupation fighters.
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BRITISH troops taking part in a US and Iraqi offensive seized 80 people during an overnight sweep of villages on the east bank of the Euphrates river near Baghdad, the Press Association reported today.
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Once again, the number of hostages in Iraq has increased with a confirmation made by the Egyptian foreign ministry on kidnapping 6 Egyptians working in Iraq for &quot;Iraqna&quot; company for mobile telephones.
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Egypt said Tuesday that Iraqi kidnappers had freed one Egyptian hostage and were expected to release three others shortly. The holding company that employed the four hostages confirmed that one had been released but said it could not give the status of the others.
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Gunmen abducted four Egyptian telecoms  engineers in Baghdad Sunday, underlining the danger haunting  Iraq's streets despite its faltering steps toward democracy.
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The head of a British charity&#39;s operations in Iraq was seized by kidnappers today, as four Iraqi National Guard soldiers and an American civilian contractor were killed in separate attacks.
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LATIFIYAH, Iraq - US-led forces on Friday seized control of the lawless town of Latifiyah south of Baghdad, in the latest effort to restore order in war-torn Iraq ahead of January polls.
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Gunmen nabbed six Egyptians working for Iraq&#39;s mobile phone company, seizing two in a raid on the firm&#39;s Baghdad office and the others outside the capital, officials said Friday.
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Gunmen raided a building to seize two Egyptians during the night in Baghdad, in the third in a new series of audacious operations to kidnap foreigners in the capital this month.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Arab news network Al-Jazeera showed video Thursday of 10 new hostages seized in Iraq by militants.    Al-Jazeera said the 10 - six Iraqis, two Lebanese and two Indonesian women - were taken by The Islamic Army in Iraq...
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Kidnappers seized six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company, authorities said Friday, and Muslim leaders in Britain announced plans to send negotiators to Baghdad in hopes of winning the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley.