Hostage's killing in Iraq is blow for British PM
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The killing of hostage Kenneth Bigley is a blow for British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who -- with a general election likely in early 2005 -- has been struggling to escape the long shadow of Iraq.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley kidnapped on Sept. 16 by militants in Iraq has been murdered by the captors, Bigley&#39;s brother confirmed Friday.
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The British and Iraqi governments said they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite tearful pleas from the captive and his family.
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Two Italian women aid workers were  reported killed in Iraq and a British hostage pleaded for his  life after the killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage  crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq.
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been killed by his captors in Iraq, television stations in the United Arab Emirates and Britain reported Friday. The Britain government and the U.S...
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been killed by his captors in Iraq, Abu Dhabi television reported Friday. The British Foreign Office said it could not confirm the report.
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BAGHDAD  - Kidnappers beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley after twice releasing videos in which he wept and pleaded with Prime Minister Tony Blair for his life.
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Margaret Hassan, the aid worker kidnapped after years of helping Iraqis, is believed to have been slain by her captors, a British government official said yesterday, based on a video that showed a hooded militant shooting a blindfolded woman in the head.
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The British and Iraqi governments said  they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to  kill a British hostage, despite tearful pleas from the captive  and his family.
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A suicide car bomber killed three British soldiers and a translator at a checkpoint in Iraq on Thursday, raising the prospect of a political backlash for Tony Blair who dispatched them to a dangerous area near Baghdad.
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Britain's Foreign Office is investigating reports on Abu Dhabi television that Ken Bigley, a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad last month, is dead, a spokesman said.
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There are reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley was killed after he attempted to flee his captors in Iraq.
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A Japanese hostage taken in Iraq has been  killed, Kyodo news agency said on Saturday, citing information  obtained by the Japanese government.
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Tony Blair joins other politicians to express outrage at the murder of British hostage Ken Bigley in Iraq.
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There are unconfirmed reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley, snatched more than two weeks ago, has been killed by his captors in Iraq.
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Militants beheaded a British hostage  near Baghdad despite secret 11th-hour efforts by London to free  Kenneth Bigley from kidnappers whose video messages had played  on British emotions on the war in Iraq for three weeks.
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Britain joined Iraq's US-backed government in facing down a chilling ultimatum to execute a British and two American hostages, as Islamists claimed the gruesome beheading of three Kurds.