Aid agencies say they may pull out of Iraq
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The remaining international aid agencies in Iraq are considering pulling out of the country after the kidnapping of four humanitarian workers, including two Italian women, from their headquarters in Baghdad, it was claimed yesterday.
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A senior Iraqi official has urged aid agencies in the country not to leave following the kidnap of Care International director Margaret Hassan.
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Italy's deputy premier suggested Saturday that his country could pull its troops out of Iraq after elections scheduled for January, saying they will no longer be needed when a representative government is in ...
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Claims that most foreign aid organisations based in Iraq are preparing to leave after the kidnapping of two Italian aid workers, has been denied by several NGOs.
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Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands of troops from Iraq during 2008.
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Eleven Sunni insurgent groups have offered an immediate halt to all attacks &amp;#151; including those on American troops &amp;#151; if the United States agrees to withdraw foreign forces from Iraq in two years, insurgent and government officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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The charity Care International has suspended its aid operations in Iraq after the abduction of its regional director in Baghdad. Dublin-born Margaret Hassan was seized on her way to work in Baghdad on Tuesday.
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A Polish-led multinational division in charge of security in south-central Iraq faces disintegration if more countries pull their troops out, Polish officials said on Wednesday.
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A number of aid agencies evacuated their staff from a town in Sudan's Darfur region on Friday after unidentified gunmen attacked a house used by the International Committee of the Red Cross, aid workers said.
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The last remaining Australian aid agency in Iraq, World Vision, is pulling out of the country after the murders of its own head of operations and CARE Australia aid worker Margaret Hassan.
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Baghdad, Nov 03 - The kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan threatened to turn her over to al-Qaida-linked militants notorious for beheading hostages unless Britain agreed within 48 hours to pull its troops from Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported.
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Italy is prepared to pull its troops out of Iraq if the interim government in Baghdad requests it, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said on the Al-Jazeera television news channel.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says the US may "pause" pulling troops out of Iraq.
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BRUSSELS - An international medical aid group that once won the Nobel Peace Prize is pulling out of Iraq, citing the recent targeting of aid workers by militant groups.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan threatened to turn her over to an al-Qaida affiliated group within 48 hours if the British government refuses to pull its troops from Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported Tuesday.
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A humanitarian agency with a long history of work in Iraq has ended its operations in the war-torn nation after its leader was abducted.
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The Italian government and opposition parties closed ranks Wednesday in hopes of securing the release of two humanitarian aid workers and two of their Iraqi colleagues kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday.