Italy Denies Ransom Payment
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One of the two freed Italian aid workers said Wednesday that their abductors in Iraq taught them about Islam and reassured them they would not die.
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Italy insisted on Friday that the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamist kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.
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Criminals are not paying into a victims' fund because a computer is unable to recognise their details.
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Paris did not pay a ransom to secure the release of two French journalists freed by Islamic militants in Iraq, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told party leaders Wednesday.
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Experts on Islamic militant groups are skeptical about a Web posting demanding &#36;5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, France's prime minister said Monday.
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Top ministers met on Wednesday shortly before a statement purportedly from the kidnappers was posted on a Web site. It denied having.
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Eritrea denies the claim made by a senior Ethiopian official that its soldiers kidnapped five Europeans connected to the British embassy.Comment
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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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Italy coach Marcello Lippi has denied picking an &quot;experimental&quot; squad for the friendly match against Finland on Wednesday.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said the kidnappers of two Italian women in Iraq have not asked for a ransom to liberate them.
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The Italian government has dismissed as &quot;unreliable&quot; claims made on the internet that two female aid workers held hostage in Iraq have been killed.
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The government has appealed to kidnappers holding hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq to make contact -- but still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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Iraq's interim president expressed doubts Friday over a claim of responsibility by a previously unknown militant group for the kidnapping of two Italian aid workers in Baghdad, the Italian government said.
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The Italian government said Thursday that the claims that two Italian female aid workers held hostage in Iraq had been killed were unreliable.
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UK Attorney General Lord Goldsmith on Friday denied media reports that he ordered investigators to conceal payments from an international anti-bribery watchdog agency.
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An Islamist group led by the Al-Qaeda number two Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi denied it was holding two kidnapped Italian aid workers, according to a statement posted on an Islamist website.
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Italy insisted Friday the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamic kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.