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"I will continue," said a tearful Nahoko Takato, 34, when asked if she planned to return.
"They did some awful things, but I cannot bring myself to hate the Iraqi people," she said on Arab satellite TV station Al Jazeera.
Another released hostage, photojournalist Soichiro Koriyama, 32, told his family he wished to stay to document the war-torn nation, relatives told reporters.
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Russia is continuing efforts to evacuate employees of its companies from Iraq, but has sent a single plane to Baghdad instead of the planned three because hundreds of workers are choosing to stay
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I think this is good news, and I appreciate their "can do" attitude toward helping Iraqis. There is a Chinese proverb that says those who say something cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
I fear for the other 3 Italians. With 1 killed already, I think the fate of the other 3 is grim.