Iraq hostage crisis spirals
Two Pakistanis working for a Kuwait-based company are feared kidnapped as Iraq's hostage crisis deepened, with at least 22 countries affected by the wave of abductions. Fighting also raged north of Baghdad, where Iraqi security forces killed 13 suspected insurgents after coming under fire from mortars and rocket-propelled grenades while providing security to US forces during a raid near the town of Baquba. Pakistan said the two missing nationals, an engineer and a driver believed to be working for the al-Tamimi Group, vanished on Friday as they drove towards Baghdad. [
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