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Efforts are continuing to secure the release of a County Armagh woman kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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Israel is making progress in its efforts to secure the release of a soldier captured by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, diplomatic and security officials said Sunday in the first sign from Israel that a deal could be worked out with the serviceman's captors.
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US teams tried to rescue two Americans and a Briton held hostage in Iraq before they were killed, sources say.
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The family of a British man being held hostage in Iraq has pleaded with the prime minister to meet the captors demands and save the hostage s life.
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Italian intelligence officials who secured the release of two hostages in Iraq are working with their British counterparts to try to free Kenneth Bigley, the captive Briton.
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The aid charity Care International has appealed to the captors of its Iraq director Margaret Hassan to release her.
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Japan has made last-ditch efforts to secure the release of a Japanese hostage facing execution in Iraq. A Japanese government official says efforts are still being made to free Shosei Koda, 24, but there have been no reports of any progress.
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Urgent attempts under way to free four security guards and finance expert seized by gunmen in police uniforms.
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TOKYO - Japan sought international help Wednesday to secure the release of a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq and pledged to do its utmost to gain his freedom after refusing to bow to the kidnappers&#39; threat to behead him unless Japan withdraws its
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The government said Monday it was investigating reports that members of a London-based radical Islamic group have been in contact with militants holding a British hostage in Iraq to urge his release.
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Britain and Iraq are working closely on efforts to free a British hostage threatened with death within 24 hours if his kidnappers&#39; demands are not met, Tony Blair has said.
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Some of the 26 Taliban members Afghan militants have demanded freed as part of a deal to release three kidnapped UN workers could be in the US military jail
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The government said it was trying to make contact with Islamists holding Liverpudlian Ken Bigley hostage in Iraq and to authenticate Internet messages announcing his imminent release.
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said, in a move that may raise hopes for the release of a British hostage. soldiers, could be freed as part of a review of her detention.
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A council of Pakistani tribesmen sought on Tuesday to secure the release of two Chinese engineers taken hostage at the weekend by al Qaeda-linked militants near Pakistan&#39;s border with Afghanistan.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.    The captive, Kenneth Bigley, appealed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene...
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The Irish government has stepped up its efforts to free the British hostage in Iraq, Ken Bigley, whose mother is from Ireland, by talking to diplomats from Iran and Jordan.