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Copenhagen - A man the Danish government had been working to free from unknown kidnappers in Iraq was found dead more than a week ago, Denmark said on Wednesday. The man was not officially identified, but a Danish newspaper said he was Henrik Frandsen, 35, a plumber who was in Iraq trying to negotiate business deals. Denmark supported the war and has 410 soldiers stationed in southern Iraq. Basra, Iraq - At least 68 people were reported dead in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Tuesday, after what appeared to be co-ordinated car bombs targeting police were exploded by suspected suicide bombers. The victims of the early-morning rush hour bombings were said to be mainly civilians, including 10 school children. Four British soldiers were among the more than 200 wounded. The events in Basra represent a spreading of the anti-occupation insurgency in Iraq, which to date had been more active in the so-called Sunni triangle of the country centred on Baghdad, and in the Shia cities of Fallujah and Najaf. London - The Queen spent a quiet day at home on her 78th birthday yesterday. The Queen was born in London on April 21, 1926 to the Duke and Duchess of York, who became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1936. The current monarch assumed the throne in 1953 when her father died.
