Australian FM: No Ransom for Iraq Hostage
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Australia says it is willing to talk to the kidnappers of a Baghdad-based aid worker to secure her release, but will not pay a ransom or change its Iraq policy.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard condemned the &quot;inhumane&quot; hostage takers believed to have killed missing aid worker Margaret Hassan for ignoring a plea from her family to return her body.
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Australia, unable to verify a report that two of its citizens had been taken hostage in Iraq, said on Wednesday it had sent a logistics team to the country and still was trying to account for all of its nationals there.
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Iraq&#39;s foreign minister says his country is doing what it can to secure the release of two Americans and a British national taken hostage in Baghdad Thursday, but will not give in to kidnappers&#39; demands.
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Australia has turned down a diplomatic plea for a contribution to a military force to protect United Nations (UN) personnel in Iraq.
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The British and Iraqi governments said  Thursday they would not bow to the demands of militants  threatening to kill a British hostage, despite a video message  from the captive pleading for his life.
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Iraq today ruled out concessions to kidnappers threatening to murder British hostage Kenneth Bigley and two American colleagues within 24 hours.
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Australia, unable to verify a report  that two of its citizens had been taken hostage in Iraq, said  on Wednesday it had sent a logistics team to the country and  still was trying to account for all of its nationals there.
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The White House said Monday it does not believe Italy paid a ransom to gain the release of two aide workers kidnapped in Iraq.
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Australia is considering sending more military trainers to Iraq but does not plan to increase its combat forces there, Prime Minister John Howard said Monday.
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Britain won't pay a ransom or meet any political demands to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday.
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Britain ruled out negotiations with the abductors of a British hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a desperate plea for help from the hostage.
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AN Australian journalist was held hostage in Baghdad for 24 hours at the weekend before being released unharmed, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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Australia rejected a request to provide soldiers to protect United Nations workers in Iraq, a spokesman for Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Sunday denied he planned to suddenly withdraw troops from Iraq, saying the idea was &quot;absurd&quot;.
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An unidentified Australian journalist was held hostage in Iraq for 24 hours at the weekend before being released unharmed, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
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SYDNEY : Australia has vowed never to bow to terrorists after an unconfirmed claim that two Australians have been taken hostage in Iraq and will be executed unless Canberra withdraws its troops from the country.