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