Italian hostages claimed dead
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An Internet statement purportedly by a group which claimed to have kidnapped two Italian aid workers in Iraq said Wednesday it had killed the women.
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A British oil worker is killed and an Italian is wounded during an attempt to free those seized by Nigerian militants.
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killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. employers in Italy said they had not given up hope.
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A group calling itself the Jihad Organization says it has executed two Italian female hostages in Iraq. The organisation has reportedly issued a statement on an Islamist website, but the authenticity of the claim can not be confirmed.
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BAGHDADâA militant group has claimed to have killed two hostages, one a Turk and the other an Iraqi who was a longtime resident in Italy, the Arab news network Al-Jazeera reported yesterday.
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Muslim scholars in Baghdad tonight expressed doubts that two Italian women aid workers had been murdered. Earlier, a militant group had made its second claim in 24 hours on the internet that it had have beheaded Simona Pari and Simona Torretta.
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A group calling itself the &quot;Jihad Organization&quot; said it had &quot;slaughtered&quot; two Italian female hostages in Iraq, in a statement posted on an Islamist website.
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The hostage takers who grabbed Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni on the road between Baghdad and Najaf in Iraq have killed him, the Italian government confirmed Thursday.
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GUNMEN in Iraq claimed yesterday to have murdered a London-based Italian aid worker who drove through an insurgent roadblock in the rebellious west of the country.
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ROME, Sept 23  - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims about the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.
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CAIRO, Egypt An Internet statement -- purportedly from a group that claimed to have kidnapped two Italian aid workers in Iraq -- says those women have been killed.
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DUBAI : A website, which this week published a second unsubstantiated claim that two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq had been executed, reported that British captive Kenneth Bigley had been killed.
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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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An Islamist group in Iraq said it had killed two female Italian hostages in a statement posted on an Internet site, but the women's employers in Italy said on Thursday they had not given up hope.
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Italy said it had no information which could confirm the execution of two Italian hostages held in Iraq, sources close to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi cited by ANSA news agency said.
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An Islamist militant group in Iraq  claimed responsibility for kidnapping an Italian journalist and  threatened to kill her by Monday, following an earlier kidnap  claim, according to an Internet statement.
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Militants in Iraq have murdered kidnapped Italian journalist Enzo Baldoni, who disappeared last week, Pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera reported tonight.