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Three Romanian Journalists, Guide, Freed in Iraq
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They were seized March 28 Romania says three Romanian journalists and
their Iraqi guide, kidnapped nearly two months in Baghdad, have been
freed.

Details were not immediately clear. But a statement Sunday from the
Romanian presidency said the reporters are safe and will soon return
home.

The reporters and driver were seized March 28. The kidnappers
threatened to kill them unless Romania withdrew its small military
contingent from Iraq by April 27. Romanian President Traian Basescu
rejected the demand.

Meanwhile, gunmen today killed the director-general of Iraq's Trade
Ministry, Ali Mousa Salman, as he was driving to work in Baghdad. His
driver also was killed

Some information for this report provided by AFP and Reuters.


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