Hostage Crises Rivet Britain And Italy, But No Solutions In Sight
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Britain is ruling out negotiations with the captors of Kenneth Bigley, the only surviving member of the trio of American and British contractors taken hostage in Iraq last week.
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The drama surrounding the fate of Kenneth Bigley highlights the different tactics taken by countries faced with citizens kidnapped in Iraq.
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The fate of a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad is looking increasingly perilous after his captors threatened to kill him if their demands are not met.
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:Italy reacted with horror Friday at the killing of its hostage in Iraq, while the government insisted it would stay the course in the Middle Eastern country.
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BAGHDADâThe brother of a British hostage held by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi accused the United States yesterday of sabotaging efforts to save the captive&#39;s life, while the Italian government cast doubt on claims that two kidnapped Italian
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The fate of a British hostage remains unclear amid conflicting reports around the release of an Iraqi prisoner.
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THE Government faced a new hostage crisis last night after a Briton running an aid agency was kidnapped by an unidentified armed group.
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MILITANTS in Iraq yesterday claimed they had kidnapped another ten people, dampening any optimism that the freeing of two Italian hostages might have marked a turning point in the hostage crisis.
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The images coming out of the latest hostage crisis in Iraq - capped by dramatic video of British captive Kenneth Bigley begging for his life - have transfixed Britons, left governments looking helpless, and revived a classic dilemma about whether to negotiate with terrorists.    But the plight of the British construction worker and his two murdered American colleagues has also raised new concerns about terrorists' tremendous ability to set agendas in an Internet age that makes their messages - even in the form of shocking beheading videos - all but impossible to stop...
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Britain is ready to listen to kidnappers holding a British hostage in Iraq but is not prepared to negotiate with them or pay them a ransom, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday.
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Concern mounts for the two Italian women taken hostage in Iraq, with no word so far from the group that seized them.
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Italyâs fragile government snapped over internal divisions and skepticism about Europeâs role in fighting terrorism.
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Rome - Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims for the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq, but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.
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ROME: The killing of the second Italian hostage in Iraq in four months has horrified a nation and fuelled debate Friday over Italy&#39;s role in the war-torn country.
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There was confusion over the hostages&#39; nationalities with local police initially saying they were from Britain, the Philippines and Kosovo and were two women and a man.
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Britain is ready to listen to kidnappers  holding a British hostage in Iraq but is not prepared to  negotiate with them or pay them a ransom, Foreign Secretary  Jack Straw said on Thursday.
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While the US, Britain and Italy, whose citizens have been taken hostage, have refused to concede demands of hostage-takers, militant groups have sent out clear signals that they, too, mean business.