[Mb-civic] Fw: [CBC News Online] Italian hostages released: report

[Harold Sifton]

> Breaking news from CBC News Online:
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> Two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq earlier this month and feared 
> killed were released on Tuesday. 
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> The Arab cable television network Al-Jazeera reported the two women were 
> turned over to an Italian diplomat in Baghdad.  
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> Simona Pari and Simona Torretta were kidnapped on Sept. 7.  
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> Last week, two militant groups claimed to have killed them, with one 
> group promising a videotape would show their executions.  
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> The claims were quickly disputed.