Joy in Italy, Caution in France on Iraq Hostages
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared in a video tape aired on Wednesday, pleading with Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet the demands of his captors in Iraq to release Iraqi women prisoners.
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Family and friends felt horror Wednesday at seeing a video of an Italian journalist kidnapped in Iraq pleading for her life &#151; and relief that she was still alive.
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Two female Italian aid workers were liberated yesterday after three weeks of terrifying captivity at the hands of Iraqi abductors, and flew home to tears and cheers in Rome.
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DUBAI/PARIS  - Hopes that Islamic militants will  soon free two French hostages in Iraq rose on Friday, despite  confusion over which group is now holding them.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago along with two Iraqi colleagues were  released on Tuesday and are safe and well, Italian Prime  Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
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On Tuesday evening, the candles can be blown out and the peace flags folded up, not in mourning but in joy as Italy celebrates the news that Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, kidnapped on 7 September, have been ...
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Two Italian women kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago have been released and two French journalists are set to be freed in 48 hours, according to officials.
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Two French journalists freed after a 4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned home to a heroes' welcome on Wednesday as a relieved government basked in national joy at their release.
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France's government and opposition showed  rare unity in appealing for the release of two Frenchmen held  in Iraq as an Italian envoy flew to the Middle East on Thursday  to urge freedom for two female Italian aid workers.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago were freed on Tuesday and are safe,  Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said.
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The Italian press was unusually united last week, offering near-unanimous support for the government&#39;s reported decision to pay a ransom to secure the release of Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, the two hostages held in Baghdad.
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Officials in Paris reiterated its cautious optimism that two French reporters and their Syrian driver held hostage in Iraq may be freed, as trucks bearing their pictures criss-crossed the city.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq arrived home Wednesday to a tearful welcome from their families, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which had opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
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Two female Italian hostages seized in  Baghdad three weeks ago were set free on Tuesday along with  kidnapped Iraqis and Egyptians in a flurry of releases, with  two French journalists also close to being freed.
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A relieved Italy broke into celebrations Tuesday as Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced the safe release of two Italian women aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago.
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ROME, Sept 29 :One of two Italian women released after three weeks captivity in Iraq said she was ready to go back to the war-wracked country to continue her aid work, and told of being given sweets by her kidnappers as a farewell gift.
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Euphoria still lingers in the air after the triumphant homecoming of two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq. But concern intensified