ITALY REJOICES: Captives return from captivity
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At times, they feared for their lives. They spent many days with blindfolds pressed against their eyes. Their Iraqi captors were convinced they were spies or proselytizers of Catholicism.
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Two Italian women aid workers held hostage in Iraq for three weeks returned home to cheers and tears on Tuesday, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leading the welcome party at Rome&#39;s Ciampino airport.
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Three UN workers freed by kidnappers in Afghanistan rejoiced at their freedom Wednesday and said they were sustained through 27 days of captivity by thoughts of their family and friends.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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National joy in Italy at the safe return of two aid workers held hostage in Iraq gave way in some quarters on Wednesday to concern that Rome had paid a ransom for the women's freedom.
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Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, the two Italian aid workers who were welcomed by cheering crowds in Rome last week after being released by their Iraqi kidnappers, have announced their intention of returning to Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S...
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Italians celebrated the freedom Wednesday of two women aid workers held captive in Iraq for three weeks, but the nationwide joy was diluted by questions about whether a ransom was paid, a capitulation to ...
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Two Italian women aid workers held hostage  in Iraq for three weeks returned home to cheers and tears on  Tuesday, with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi leading the  welcome party at Rome's Ciampino airport.
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Rome - Hundreds of people cheered and applauded on Tuesday outside the home of one of the two Italian aid workers freed in Baghdad, celebrating the release of the women after an anguished three-week wait.
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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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ROME, Sep 30 (IPS) - âShukran, shukran gesilan, ma salama (Thank you,  many  thanks, see you),â Italian aid workers Simona Pari and  Simona Torretta said,  after being freed this week in the Iraqi  capital, Baghdad.
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Kidnappers released two female Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for foreigners still in captivity. But insurgents showed no sign of easing their blood-soaked campaign against the U.S. presence in Iraq, staging a show of defiance in Samarra and striking twice with deadly force in Basra.
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Culture, etc. The Bush administration yesterday gave Italy the benefit of the doubt amid reports that Rome had paid a terrorist group in Iraq a $1 million ransom to secure the release of two Italian hostages.
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Two Italian aid workers held hostage in Iraq were freed unhurt last night, three weeks after they were seized from their Baghdad office.
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Three UN workers released after being held hostage in Afghanistan speak of their joy at being freed.
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Sounds of jubilation rang out across Egypt as relatives and friends of former Egyptian hostages held by insurgents in Iraq celebrated their release.