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  Seven new hostages seized in Iraq
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News DateMonday, April 12, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionThe hostage crisis in Iraq has widened, with seven Chinese being seized on the road from Jordan to Baghdad.

The latest kidnappings follow the seizure of three Japanese citizens whose fate remains unknown.

Despite the hostage-taking, a ceasefire in the Iraqi flashpoint town of Falluja seems to be holding after 24 hours.

US Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt said marines remained ready for the "complete destruction of enemy forces" but a political solution was being sought.

The tentative truce between American-led forces and insurgents has brought a pause to nearly a week of intense fighting.
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