Australia offers to help secure release of CARE leader in Iraq
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The Australian government says it will provide any help it can to help secure the release of CARE Australia&#39;s leader in Iraq, Margaret Hassan.
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Australia, which is already training the new Iraqi police and military forces, has been asked to help train Iraq's intelligence and security officers.
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Australia may increase its assistance to war-ravaged Iraq and Afghanistan but is unlikely to send more combat troops, Prime Minister John Howard announced.
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A JOURNALIST kidnapped in Baghdad was probably released because he was Australian and there was no hatred of Australians in the country, Iraq&#39;s national security adviser said today.
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The Australian Prime Minister has told his Parliament that a body found in the Iraqi city of Fallujah appears to be that of aid worker Margaret Hassan.
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Two Australians have been kidnapped in Iraq and threatened with execution, according to a statement purportedly from a notorious Iraqi terrorist group.
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Australia&#39;s Prime Minister, John Howard says the government can&#39;t confirm whether any Australians are missing in Iraq. There are reports that two Australian security workers and two people described as East Asians have been kidnapped.
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CANBERRA - Australia&#39;s foreign minister says it may be several days before the government can verify whether two Australian security guards have been taken hostage in Iraq.
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This Care Australia handout file photo taken in New York in Jan. 2003, shows Care Australia aid worker Margaret Hassan. AFP. BAGHDAD  - Aid worker Margaret Hassan, who spent much of her life helping the
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Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian leader, has pledged to help in efforts to seek the release of Ken Bigley, the British hostage held captive in Iraq.
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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.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq The husband of the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq has made a public plea for her release. Tahseen Ali Hassan says his wife, Margaret, has spent her entire life helping Iraqis.
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Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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The Prime Minister has made public a letter he received last week from the acting Prime Minister of Iraq. The letter thanks John Howard for Australia&#39;s contribution to securing peace and safety for the people of Iraq.
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The head of Care International appeared on Arabic television to plead for the release of the aid agency&#39;s Iraqi director. Secretary General Denis Cailloux called Margaret Hassan
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ATLANTA - CARE USA has forwarded a statement from Care International&#39;s office in Amman, Jordan, calling for the release of Margaret Hassan, who was seized by gunmen on Tuesday in Baghdad.
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A KIDNAPPED Care Australia aid worker has tearfully begged British Minister Tony Blair to save her from beheading by Iraqi rebels.