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Over 40 Iraqis kidnapped north of Baghdad - police
31 Oct 2006 12:54:17 GMT
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TIKRIT, Iraq, Oct 31 (Reuters) - More than 40 people are missing after armed kidnappers ambushed minibuses travelling to Baghdad on a main road north of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, police in the city of Tikrit said.

An Iraqi spokesman for the Joint Coordination Center of the Iraqi police and U.S. forces in the mainly Sunni Arab province of Salahaddin said "about 42" people were missing after the incident near Tarmiya, 30 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad.

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A demonstrator from Stop the War Coalition stands outside the Houses of Parliament in London as Member of Parliament debate a motion calling for an inquiry into the Iraq war October 31, 2006. British Prime Minister Tony Blair, U.S. President George W. Bush's strongest ally in the Iraq war, may face a damaging defeat in parliament on Tuesday over his handling of the conflict.


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