Parents of beheaded man in shock
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NOGATA, Fukuoka -- The elder brother of the Japanese man found murdered in Baghdad said his parents were unable to respond when a city official visited on Sunday due to shock.
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Anguished relatives begged for the lives of an American and a Briton kidnapped in Iraq as the deadline passed Tuesday for another hostage to be beheaded by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston&#39;s parents voiced their relief Wednesday that their &quot;living nightmare&quot; had ended after speaking to their son for the first time since his release.
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Relatives of a man being held hostage in Iraq waited for word about him Saturday as militants threatened to decapitate him, another American and a Briton unless demands were met within 48 hours.
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The family of a British civil engineer held hostage in Iraq appealed to Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene to save his life, after grisly images of the beheading of a US hostage appeared on the Internet.
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Through their grief and anger, relatives of an American construction worker beheaded in Iraq extended prayers for an American and a
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Baghdad -- A British engineer abducted with two American contractors three weeks ago was beheaded by his captors, according to a videotape of the slaying and comments from the victim&#39;s family.
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Fears grow for two Western hostages in Iraq following the beheading of their fellow captive.
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Every day, when the shoot-on-sight curfew lifts, the parents of women and girls inside Pakistan&#39;s Red Mosque draw near the battle-scarred walls, and almost inevitably they leave in tears.
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The Iraqi husband of Margaret Hassan was said to be deeply distressed after a video emerged showing the apparent murder of the Irish-born aid worker by her kidnappers, his family said.
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There once was a boy who for no apparent reason went around knifing his classmates. This boy's parents took him to nearly every mental health professional with no success... until one day a famous hypnotist came to town. There was a long line to speak to him, and as they waited medical doctors hovered around them trying to convince them it was all quackery.  But the parents, figuring they had nothing to lose, continued standing in line with their disturbed son.  At long last they told the doctor about their son's twisted history, and after a long pause the doctor looked the boy square in the eye and said,  "My, won't you be surprised when you never do anything like this again."
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THE mother of a 16-year-old suicide bomber who killed three people in Tel Aviv was in tears today as she asked: &quot;Why did they choose my boy?
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan &#151; Knots of anxious parents crowded Friday around a large green board where officials said they would post information on the missing from the deadly siege of the Red Mosque.
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Relatives of the Black Watch soldier killed during the controversial military deployment from Basra have spoken of their devastation at his death.
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Relatives pleaded on Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, two Sunni Muslim clerics from a powerful conservative group were assassinated within hours of each other.
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Holidaymakers caught up in the south east Asian disaster speak of their terror, while relatives at home wait for news.
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A BRITON who spent 18 years facing the death sentence in Pakistan for a murder he says he did not commit told today of the horror of hearing the sounds of fellow prisoners being executed just metres away.Comment