U.S. Journalist's Fate Unclear ; Race to Save Her Intensifies As Captors' Deadline Passes

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 23, 2006

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. negotiators were working around the clock to secure the release of hostage American journalist Jill Carroll as a deadline set by militants threatening to kill her passed Friday with no word on her fate.

Muslims from Baghdad to Paris urged the militants to free the 28- year-old woman and end Iraq's wave of kidnappings. More than 240 foreigners have been taken captive and at least 39 killed since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.

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U.S. Journalist's Fate Unclear ; Race to Save Her Intensifies As Captors' Deadline Passes

Carroll was seized in a rough Baghdad neighborhood on Jan. 7 by gunmen who killed her translator. The Su...

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