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Beyond the Headlines: June 18, 2012

<ul><li>Kidnap victims held for ransom</li> <li>Bai Hassan wells still leaking</li> <li>Anbar touts Akkas success</li> <li> Basra awards $348M in projects</li></ul>
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain al-Shahristani (center right) meets with a business delegation from Indonesia, led by Ambassador Noureddine Sefzin, on June 11, 2012.

Kidnap victims held for ransom

BASRA – Four oil workers kidnapped in late May near the Rumaila field are still being held, and their captors are demanding a $2 million ransom.

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