Emergency talks on Iraq hostages
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The French Prime Minister calls a crisis meeting to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.
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Britain and Iraq are working closely on efforts to free a British hostage threatened with death within 24 hours if his kidnappers&#39; demands are not met, Tony Blair has said.
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FOUR Iraqi religious leaders, including two imams, appealed today for the release of four aid workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - who were taken hostage in Baghdad overnight.
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Militants claiming to hold three UN hostages said Thursday that talks on their demands, including the release of Taliban prisoners, had broken down, and they would decide Friday whether to kill the trio.
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South Korean officials and Taleban militants are to hold talks on the release of 19 hostages, officials say.
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The French government have held crisis talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq amid growing uncertainty over whether their
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NEGOTIATIONS for the release of Iraq hostage Kenneth Bigley are to begin between his captors and militants acting as intermediaries, it was claimed last night.
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Delegates to the Iraqi national conference in Baghdad are holding an unscheduled fourth day of talks.
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The French government held crisis talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over whether their kidnappers had demanded a ransom and two-day deadline.
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The British and Irish governments have called for the immediate release of Magaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq.
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MANAMA: Bahrain last night joined international efforts to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar urged the kidnappers to free Ken Bigley and other hostages soon.
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Militants holding hostage three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan said they negotiated yesterday with Afghan government and UN officials in southern Afghanistan but that the meeting ended without results.
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The French government held a crisis meeting on Thursday over the fate of two journalists held hostage in Iraq after a new purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had demanded a ransom or set a deadline.
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Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours. In northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 yesterday.
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The kidnappers of Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan today threatened to hand her over to the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless their demands - including the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq - are met within 48 hours.
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The French government convoked Monday an emergency meeting over the release of two French journalists still held in hostage in Iraq, after parliamentary deputy Didier Julia's failure to secure their release.
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Ambassadors meet in Baghdad to discuss Iraq security situation.