Iraq ; Briton Questioned in Kabul Over Role in UN Hostage Release
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Iraq News, KABUL, A British freelance cameraman said yesterday he was detained by Afghan authorities for his role in the release of three UN hostages and came under pressure to sign a statement saying he was part of the kidnap gang.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.    There is wide speculation that ransoms were paid for the freedom of a dozen hostages, including two Italian aid workers...
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Three UN workers kidnapped in Kabul are probably not being held by Islamic militants, the Afghan authorities say.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the  fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton  threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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Britain is urgently checking reports that a group of westerners, possibly including Britons, has been kidnapped in Baghdad, the Foreign Office said Tuesday.
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(Baghdad, Iraq -AP, Sept. 29, 2004 7:55 PM) _ British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he&#39;s doing what he can to help a hostage being held in Iraq.
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A German national was kidnapped in western Afghanistan and it was not immediately known if the Taliban were responsible, officials said on Monday.
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Charity Care International says its British-born head of operations in Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad. A spokeswoman told Reuters that Margaret Hassan, who has been working for the charity
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Three United Nations workers, held hostage and pictured in a video released yesterday, will be executed on Wednesday unless British forces leave Afghanistan and Muslim prisoners are released from GuantÃ¡namo Bay, their Taliban kidnappers demanded yesterday
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British police are questioning nine men of mostly Pakistani origin arrested in connection with an alleged plot to stage an &quot;Iraq-style&quot; kidnapping and videotaped beheading of a British Muslim soldier.
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KABUL, Afghanistan The United Nations says it&#39;s more and more worried about the well-being of three of its workers kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month was released by his captors on Monday but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi Tuesday amid uncertainty over the fate of a British hostage held by gunmen in Iraq.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan have met with President Hamid Karzai. They looked tired but happy a day after their release from nearly four weeks of captivity.
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The kidnappers of three UN workers in Afghanistan say the government has agreed terms for their release but there was no confirmation and a top US official said a deal would encourage hostage taking.
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Two British nationals have been arrested in Afghanistan for posing threats to national security, Afghan officials said Tuesday. The arrests were announced earlier but no nationalities given.
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A dual British-Irish national was one of three UN election workers kidnapped in Afghanistan, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said.