Islamic Leader Wants Suspects Released for Hostage
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The leader of the radical Islamic group Al-Muhajiroun today said that extremists held in Britain - such as Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza â-hould be released in exchange for Iraq hostage Ken Bigley.
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped two Indonesian women says it will free them if their government releases a Muslim cleric accused of heading an al Qaida-linked group, the Arab news station Al-Jazeera reported today.
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Powerful Shiite leader says he plans to lead a mass demonstration today to end fighting. â¢ Iraqi hostage: Militants said Wednesday they had kidnapped the brother-in-law of Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 23 -- A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to  Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday to save his life by ordering the release of all women held in Iraqi prisons.
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The aid charity Care International has appealed to the captors of its Iraq director Margaret Hassan to release her.
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The British and Irish governments have called for the immediate release of Magaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq.
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The Hamas militant group in Gaza says it has urged BBC reporter Alan Johnston's kidnappers to release him immediately.
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The government said Monday it was investigating reports that members of a London-based radical Islamic group have been in contact with militants holding a British hostage in Iraq to urge his release.
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A UN spokesman has called on kidnappers to release three UN hostages held in Afghanistan before the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Fitr later this week.
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An Iraqi militant group claiming to have  kidnapped two Indonesian women said it would release them if  Jakarta freed a Muslim cleric detained on suspected terror  links, Al Jazeera television reported Saturday.
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THE family of British engineer Kenneth Bigley, held hostage in Iraq for more than two weeks, has asked Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi to help secure his release, they said today.
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Authorities on Friday called for the release of two Indonesian women held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, expressing hope that the kidnapping was ``a mistake&#39;&#39; since Indonesia&#39;s government never supported the war.
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Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf Saturday told Islamists besieged at a mosque in the capital to surrender or be killed, amid claims that a bid to shoot down his plane was in revenge for the standoff.
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A top aide to firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said today that kidnappers who abducted and threatened to kill a US journalist had promised to set him free.
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Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged head of Southeast Asian terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah, is being wrongfully held and should be released, his lawyers said, Agence France-Presse reported.
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BAGHDAD: Al Zarqavi group has appealed hostage takers for release of Margaret Hassan, the chief of Iraqi relief organization Care International who was taken hostage by a group of Iraqi militants, a newspaper report said on Saturday.
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In a message released Monday, al Qaeda's No. 2 leader called on Muslims to unite under Taliban leader Mullah Omar and stop attempting to form secular governments.