Britain Hopes and Prays for Hostage in Iraq
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LIVERPOOL, England  - Anxious Britons awaited news  on Wednesday of hostage Kenneth Bigley after his captors in  Iraq said they beheaded the second of two Americans being held  with him.
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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.
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A two-man delegation from Britain's  biggest Muslim group arrived in Iraq on Saturday on a quest to  free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized by Islamic  militants nine days ago and threatened with death.
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Prominent British Muslims arrived in Kuwait on Saturday en route to Baghdad to plead for the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley, nine days after the 62-year-old engineer was kidnapped.
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The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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Britain's leading Muslim organisation dispatched two envoys to Iraq, hoping to help secure the release of a British engineer taken hostage by Muslim extremists eight days ago.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday Britain would respond to the captors of hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq if they made contact with his government.
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The Muslim Council of Britain sends representatives to Iraq to try to secure the release of British hostage Ken Bigley.
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Time appears to be running out for a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad, after his Muslim extremist captors threatened to kill him if their demands are not met.
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The brother of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq said he was encouraged about a possible release after two Italian aid workers were freed after three weeks, while Prime Minister Tony Blair said the British government was trying to contact the man's abductors.
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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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The British government and the brother of a British hostage in Iraq have appealed for his release on pan-Arab satellite television.
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Militants beheaded a British hostage  near Baghdad despite secret 11th-hour efforts by London to free  Kenneth Bigley from kidnappers whose video messages had played  on British emotions on the war in Iraq for three weeks.
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LIVERPOOL, England : Britain&#39;s leading Muslim organisation dispatched two envoys to Iraq, hoping to help secure the release of a British engineer taken hostage by extremists eight days ago.
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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.
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DUBAI/LONDON  - A British hostage in Iraq appealed  to Tony Blair to help free him in a new videotape aired on  Wednesday that left his family relieved Kenneth Bigley was  alive but appalled to see him caged and in distress.
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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.