Aust, Iraq work for Hassan&#39;s release
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Government will provide any help it can to secure the release of CARE International&#39;s director in Iraq, Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage in Baghdad this week.
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Two Italian aid workers have been freed in Iraq after being held for three weeks by captors who threatened to kill them if the Italian government didn&#39;t give in to their demands.
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The Federal Government has sent a team of Defence personnel, police and other officials to Iraq as it tries to verify a claim that two Australians have been kidnapped by Islamic militants.
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The Government is leaving no stone unturned in its attempts to free aid director Margaret Hassan from her captors in Iraq, the DÃ¡il was told today.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister said it&#39;s likely that a body found in the Iraqi city of Fallujah is that of aid worker Margaret Hassan.
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An Australian journalist held hostage in Iraq for 24 hours said last night his kidnappers freed him when they established he did not support the US army&#39;s presence in the country.
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Margaret Hassan, who works for charity Care International, was taken hostage while on her way to work in Baghdad. Here are the main events since her kidnapping.
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Margaret Hassan, said to be a British-born Iraqi national, the director of CARE International&#39;s operation in Iraq is seen in this image made from video footage made on May 20, 2003.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister says a body found in Fallujah is likely that of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan. John Howard told Parliament a videotape of an Iraqi terrorist group executing a Western woman appears to have been genuine.
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Aid charity Care International made an emotional plea tonight for the release of its Iraq director Margaret Hassan. The statement, read on the Arab television station Al-Jazeera by
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Iraq&#39;s Justice Minister has pledged to release a high-profile woman prisoner and consider releasing a second in a last-minute concession that may save the life of British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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DEAF schoolchildren and thousands of other Iraqis called for Margaret Hassan to be released yesterday. Many wept as they held pictures of &quot;Mama Margaret&quot; outside Care International&#39;s Baghdad office, where she is director.
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An Australian journalist was taken hostage in Baghdad for 24 hours last weekend and was released unharmed, according to Foreign Minister Alexander Downer Monday.
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Arab television has aired a video of the director of CARE International in Iraq, pleading for her life. Margaret Hassan, who&#39;s done humanitarian work for 30 years in Iraq, was kidnapped earlier this week.
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Australian officials have been trying to locate Australians in Iraq following claims by Iraqi insurgents that two Australian security guards were kidnapped on Monday and threatened with execution.
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British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard  remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as  investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two  Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with  execution.