Iraqi Official: 80 Hostages Still Held
17th Nov 2006, 07:13 GMT
By SAMEER N. YACOUB BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's higher education minister said Thursday that as many as 80 victims from a mass kidnapping earlier this week remain in captivity, and that some of the 70 who have been freed were tortured.
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