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The Times of London reports in tomorrow's edition that the Italians have agreed to stop paying ransoms to kidnapers in Iraq, a policy change that brings Rome into line with other Western nations. In further developments, an Italian parliamentarian indicated that despite earlier assertions that the Americans had been alerted to Sgrena's release and Calipari's itinerary, the Italians never got clearance for their vehicle: [THE Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, has promised President George W Bush that he will not pay more ransoms to free hostages in Iraq. The Italian government has denied newspaper reports that $6m (£3.1m) was paid...

Italian intelligence officials who secured the release of two hostages in Iraq are working with their British counterparts to try to free Kenneth Bigley, the captive Briton. They believe that Sunni Muslim insurgents who kidnapped Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, the aid workers freed last week, have links with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leader of Tawhid wal Jihad, the group holding Mr Bigley. The engineer, 62, was captured 16 days ago with two American colleagues, who have been beheaded. An Italian diplomat said: "Italy's intelligence is working very closely with Britain's to lend every assistance to free the hostage. It has...

Scelli denies the payment of redeems: "Speeches that offend to me" "Dealt well, have asked us forgiveness" The interrogation to the Power of attorney until the 3 of night. Then the return to house for the two Simone. The first particular of the seizure ROME - they have been the entire time or nearly bound and therefore they have not never seen in face their kidnappers than between the other they spoke in English. They have changed many prisons but they are remained to Bagdad . They have been always with during the 21 held days of the seizure...

The director of To RAI: "Free within friday" The president of the Union of the Communities and Organizations Muslims in Italy is to Bagdad in order to contact the kidnappers ROME - the two Italian humanitarian operatrici Simona Equal Torretta and Simona will be rilasciate within "within friday, less than something it does not go badly in negotiates to you in course ". It has said a source to the correspondent to Bagdad of the daily paper of the Kuwait To RAI to the Aam, that the news will publish tuesday. It negotiates to you - it has said...

A Kuwaiti paper said that the two kidnapped Italian aid workers in Iraq were in good health and being treated well by their kidnappers, Italian News Agency ANSA reported yesterday. The Al Ray Al-Aam, Kuwait's top newspaper, said the kidnappers would not release the women Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, untilItalian troops were withdrawn from Iraq. The daily said it had been told by its sources that "all mediation attempts will be rejected unless Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi's government respects the kidnappers' request for the complete withdrawal of Italian forces from Iraqi territory." "They are determined not to free...

"Taken two abductors of the Italians" The tv To the Arabya: USA forces have captured two jailers after one shoot-out. The government: "Hush he is of obligation" BAGDAD - the flash of the agency Italian hour arrives to the 20,24. The news, brought back from the tv of the Dubai To the Arabya, it is all to confirm but it opens insperati scenes on the vicissitude of the two kidnapped Italians in Iraq the 7 past september. According to To the Arabya in fact they would have been taken two presumed abductor ones been involved in the rapimento of...

ROME (AFP) - Two young Italian women kidnapped in Iraq last week have been taken by their captors to the flashpoint city of Fallujah, according to an Italian newspaper that quoted non-Italian intelligence services. The Corriere della Sera said aid workers Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, who were taken at gunpoint from their Baghdad offices along with two Iraqi colleagues on September 7, "may have been taken to the Sunni Muslim stronghold of Fallujah, which is inaccessible to coalition forces." "The report, passed on by the intelligence service of a foreign country, is apparently backed up by information picked up...