Kidnapped Israeli troops 'alive'
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France's foreign minister says he "understands" two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah last year are alive.
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Israeli soldiers in Lebanon have arrested a Hezbollah guerrilla involved in the July 12 raid that captured two Israeli soldiers and sparked the devastating round of fighting between Israel and the militant group, the army said Sunday.
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By israelinsider staff September 27, 2004. An Israeli Druze citizen employed by CNN was kidnapped in Gaza City on Monday evening, by five armed Palestinians.
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Israeli armored forces prepared for a   threatened offensive into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after   mediators said hope of recovering a kidnapped soldier through   talks was almost gone.
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JERUSALEM -- Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent kidnapped March 12 in the Gaza Strip, appeared in a video posted yesterday on a website used by Al Qaeda in which he said he is being treated well and called for an end to sanctions against the Palestinian Authority.
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Three foreign United Nations employees kidnapped in Kabul are alive but may be killed if an attempt is made to rescue them, a spokesman for the group that has claimed responsibility told AFP by telephone.
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Two French reporters who are being held hostage in Iraq are alive and in good health, Agence France- Presse reported, citing the French ambassador to Iraq.
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Palestinian gunmen freed an Israeli Arab  producer for CNN television unharmed on Tuesday a day after  kidnapping him in the Gaza Strip. Riad Ali said his captors  told him they were members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a  militant group in Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah  movement. Spokesmen for the Brigades has denied involvement.
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Five Britons kidnapped in Baghdad in May are believed to be alive, a senior US military commander said Tuesday.
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France believes that two journalists held hostage in Iraq are still alive, but authorities have lost direct contact with their kidnappers, the foreign minister said Saturday.
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"They have fed me well. There has been no violence towards me at all and I'm in good health"  Kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston said he was in good health and being treated well in a video released on Friday, the first since militants abducted him in the Palestinian enclave over 11 weeks ... via Reuters UK
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The Israeli army said Friday that it was looking into new allegations that troops used Palestinians as human shields during an operation in the West Bank city of Nablus.
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The mother of one of two Israeli soldiers captured July 12 &#151; triggering the escalating conflict between Israel and Lebanon &#151; appealed Wednesday for indications that her son is alive.
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Two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq are believed to be alive and safe, France&#39;s defence minister has said. But Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq say efforts to free them are being hampered by the escalation of security operations led by US forces.
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Palestinians retrieved belongings from the rubble of dozens of homes and work crews patched up roads and water pipes today - the aftermath of Israelâs 17-day military offensive, the deadliest in the Gaza Strip in four years of fighting.
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Five British civilians kidnapped in Baghdad last month are being held by a group trained, funded and armed by Iran, US commander says.
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Comments SAS troopers are reportedly on the trail of kidnappers who snatched five British diplomatic workers in Ethiopia.Comment