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Updated: 2005-02-05 10:44
Italian journalist kidnapped

2月4日,一名意大利女記者在伊拉克首都巴格達市中心遭綁架,目前下落不明。據悉,被綁架者名叫朱利亞娜,是意大利《宣言報》記者。她當時正在巴格達大學附近進行街頭采訪,4名武裝分子駕車經過現場,將她的司機和翻譯推出轎車,然后將她擄走。

 

An undated handout photo shows Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena who was kidnapped in Baghdad on February 4, 2005 as she conducted interviews on the street, the Italian government said. (Reuters)

Rome was seeking the release of an Italian reporter kidnapped outside a Baghdad mosque while Iraq's main Shiite coalition held onto a commanding lead as vote counting progressed, and Germany proffered aid for Iraq, including military training.

Giuliana Sgrena, 56, a correspondent for the leftist Il Manifesto daily, was abducted Friday after visiting a mosque where refugees have been encamped since the devastating US-led assault on Fallujah in November.

The area is one of notorious danger for journalists. French journalist Florence Aubenas was snatched a month ago as she worked on the same story and another Western reporter narrowly escaped an abduction attempt 10 days ago.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told his Forza Italia ruling party that "the negotiating machinery has been set in motion" to press for the journalist's release.

Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said Sgrena had "probably been kidnapped by a Sunni (Arab) group" and pledged Rome's commitment "to do everything possible to secure her release."

An Iraqi guard working on the Baghdad University compound sheltering the refugees, witnessed the capture and said Sgrena's driver and translator were spared when a gunfight broke out between the kidnappers and campus security.

Dozens of foreigners, including journalists and aid workers, have been abducted by Sunni Arab insurgents and a number murdered since the spate of hostage-taking erupted last April.

The so-called Islamic Jihad Organisation handed Berlusconi, who has faced down domestic opposition to be one of the US' staunchest Iraq allies, a chilling 72-hour deadline to pull his 3,000 troops out of Iraq.

(Agencies)

 

Vocabulary:
 

proffer: to offer, esp. by holding out in the hands of acceptance(拿出)

leftist: (a supporter) of the left(左派的)

press for : to demand urgently(敦促某人做某事,迫切要求)

staunch : dependably loyal;steadfast(可信賴的,可靠的,忠誠的)

 

 
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