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Kidnapped Humanitarian Worker Pleas For Her Life

HeadlineOct 25, 2004

Margaret Hassan, the head of the humanitarian group CARE International, remains in captivity five days after she was kidnapped. On Friday Al Jazeera aired a video of Hassan where she pleads for her release.

800 Ex-GIs Refuse to Report To Duty
The U.S. Army has now admitted that more than 800 former soldiers have failed to comply with orders to report back to duty to fight in Iraq or Afghanistan. All of the soldiers are on what is known as the Individual Ready Reserve.

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