British hostage pleads for his life amid claim Italians killed in ...
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BAGHDAD : Iraq&#39;s hostage crisis deepened as Islamists who beheaded two Americans let a Briton make a desperate videotaped plea, while another extremist group claimed to have executed two women Italian aid workers.
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PLEAS for the life of the lone British hostage in Iraq, Ken Bigley, redoubled last night as American troops continued their assault on the &quot;Sunni triangle&quot; and on the quarters of Baghdad where the hostage-takers have their strongholds.
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A weeping British-Iraqi hostage pleaded  for her life in a video broadcast on Friday as British troops  prepared to move nearer Baghdad before an expected U.S.-led  offensive against rebels before January elections.
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BAGHDAD: A chained British hostage in Iraq begged Tony Blair for help yesterday, cranking up the emotional pressure on the prime minister as Italians celebrated the release of two women aid workers after paying a ransom.
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An anguished nation clung to hope Thursday that two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq were still alive, as Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government urged caution in assessing two separate Internet statements claiming that the women had been killed.
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A kidnapped Italian journalist begs for her life as the Italian Senate votes to extend the country's military presence in Iraq.
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Family members of American and British hostages appealed for their lives after militants vowed to kill one of them today.
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GUNMEN in Iraq claimed yesterday to have murdered a London-based Italian aid worker who drove through an insurgent roadblock in the rebellious west of the country.
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LONDON, United Kingdom -- The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors Thursday to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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killing of two Americans, as the latest hostage crisis put pressure on governments with troops in Iraq. employers in Italy said they had not given up hope.
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THE elderly mother and the wife of the British hostage in Iraq begged for his life yesterday in emotional and distressing appeals days after his captors beheaded two Americans.
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A weeping British-Iraqi hostage pleaded for her life in a video broadcast on Friday as British troops prepared to move nearer Baghdad before an expected US-led offensive against rebels before January elections.
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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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: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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A video posted on an Islamist website purportedly shows a British hostage in Iraq pleading for his life.
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: A British hostage in Iraq appealed to Tony Blair to help free him in a new videotape aired today that left his family relieved Kenneth Bigley was alive but appalled to see him caged and in distress.
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A British man held hostage in Iraq  appeared in a video on Wednesday, chained and distraught,  pleading with Prime Minister Tony Blair to save his life by  meeting his captors' demands to release Iraqi women from jail.