Iranian diplomat held hostage in Iraq freed: embassy
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An Iranian diplomat who was kidnapped in Iraq has been freed and is in the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad, diplomatic sources told Xinhua on Monday.
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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, but an  abducted Briton remained under threat of death.
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The Irish government steps up its efforts to free Ken Bigley, held hostage in Iraq, by talking to diplomats from Iran and Jordan.
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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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A kidnapped Iranian diplomat has been released after more than a month in captivity, the Iranian Embassy said Monday.
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Kidnappers holding an Iranian diplomat in Iraq will "punish" him within 48 hours if Iran does not release 500 prisoners captured in its 1980-1988 war with Iraq, Iranian state television said Sunday.
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BAGHDAD: An Iranian diplomat was freed on Monday after a 55-day hostage ordeal at the hands of the same militant group which is holding two French newsmen, as 19 people were killed in fresh Iraq violence.
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TEHRAN (MNA) -- Iranian diplomat Fereidun Jahani who was kidnapped in Iraq was freed Monday and is safe in the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, the Foreign Ministry Press Department announced in a press release on Monday.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including Briton Kenneth Bigley threatened with beheading, remains unclear.
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Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized a senior Iranian diplomat as he drove through a central Baghdad neighborhood, officials said Tuesday.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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Iraqi kidnappers have freed two Lebanese  men who were taken hostage west of Baghdad last month, Beirut's  foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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A Polish woman held hostage in Iraq by a  militant group since October has been freed and said on  Saturday her captors had treated her well.
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The U.S. military on Wednesday released six Iranians who work for Tehran's power ministry, a day after American soldiers detained the delegation in Baghdad, Yassin Majid, an aide to Iraq's prime minister, told CNN.
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Eight Chinese workers taken hostage by  guerrillas in Iraq earlier this month have been freed, and  located by Chinese embassy staff in Baghdad, the embassy said  Sunday.
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Aides to a top Shi&#39;ite cleric in Iraq say 18 captive Iraqi soldiers have been freed by kidnappers who had threatened to kill them.
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TWO Indonesian women taken hostage by an Islamic militant group in Iraq were released unharmed and handed over to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) embassy today.