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Fri 11 Nov 2006One hostage from Iraq convoy killedA foreign security guard who was among a group of five kidnapped yesterday after their truck convoy was hijacked has been found dead, an official in the office of Basra's governor said today.An Iraqi police official in Basra in southern Iraq said earlier two other hostages had been freed in an operation by Iraqi police. The official in the governor's office said the one found dead was discovered in the same operation.