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Archives - April 2004
April 09, 2004
(Friday 09 April 2004, 1:55 Makka Time, 22:55 GMT)

Three Japanese citizens have been captured by a previously unknown Iraqi group but seven South Koreans have been freed amid a spate of recent hostage-takings.

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April 08, 2004
Claire Cozens, press and publishing correspondent
(Thursday, 08 April 2004 )

Two Japanese journalists and an aid worker have been taken hostage in Iraq and threatened with death unless Japan withdraws its troops, according to local reports.

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April 08, 2004
Iraqi militants are threatening to kill three Japanese hostages unless Tokyo withdraws its troops within three days.

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