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Vol. 5 Num 60 Mon. July 26, 2004  
   
International


Iraq hostage crisis spirals
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Promilla Devi (C) wife of Tilak Raj, one of the three Indian hostages in Iraq, sits with her three children and relatives at her home in the northern Indian village of Dharampur, some 450km north of New Delhi on Saturday. The distraught woman says she forgives the hostage-takers but wants her husband back home safely. Raj, two other Indians, three Kenyans and an an Egyptian are being held hostage by insurgents for hauling cargo in Iraq for a Kuwaiti firm. PHOTO: AFP