Aid worker believed dead

Wednesday, November 17, 2004

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Margaret Hassan, an aid worker kidnapped after decades of helping Iraqis, was believed murdered, her family and aid officials said Tuesday after Al-Jazeera television said it received a video showing a hooded militant shooting a blindfolded woman in the head.

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