Deadline Looms for U.S., British Captives in Iraq
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Militants who beheaded an American  hostage in Iraq threatened to kill another U.S. captive and a  Briton on Tuesday, as relatives and diplomats pleaded for their  release.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain appealed on Thursday  to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but  still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD : Britain joined Iraq&#39;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.
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Japan sought international and Iraqi help  for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq on Thursday, less than  24 hours before a deadline set by his captors to behead him  unless Japan withdraws its troops.
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LONDON: Britain is urging the United States to give a provisional timetable for the withdrawal of US-led forces from Iraq, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday.
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Militants beheaded an American in Iraq and said two fellow civilian hostages would meet the same fate within 24 hours if Washington failed to accept their demands.
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Britain is urging the United States to announce a possible timetable for the withdrawal of the countries' troops from Iraq.
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THE threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages last night as their Islamic militant captors&#39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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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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BAGHDAD - Several insurgent groups in Iraq have set deadlines for killing hostages, from a trio of American and British workers to an entire squad of 18 Iraqi soldiers, unless demands are met.
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Japan sought international and Iraqi help for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq on Thursday, less than 24 hours before a deadline set by his captors to behead him unless Japan withdraws its troops.
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British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.
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The kidnappers of Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan today threatened to hand her over to the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless their demands - including the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq - are met within 48 hours.
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London - An Iraqi militant group is expected to negotiate for the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was seized by Islamic fundamentalists in Baghdad two weeks ago, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Saturday.
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With time running out for British hostage Kenneth Bigley, US and Iraqi officials say they will not free female Iraqi prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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Liverpool - The family of a British engineer anxiously awaited news on Friday of his fate at the hands of Islamic extremists in Iraq who abducted him eight days ago along with two Americans who have since been executed.