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DOHA, Aug 27: The bodies of two Turkish hostages shot dead in Iraq have been found in Baiji the north of the country, Al-Jazeera television said on Friday night in a news flash.

The Qatar-based channel said "the bodies of two Turkish hostages executed by gunfire have been found in Baiji," a key oil refinery town in the Sunni Muslim belt that stretches north and west from Baghdad. -AFP

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