Iraq, UK Govts Say Will Not Give in to Kidnappers
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The British and Iraqi governments said they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite tearful pleas from the captive and his family.
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PARIS: France has pledged not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law banning Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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Authorities insisted they won&#39;t give in to militants&#39; demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed
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The government pledges to do all it can to secure the release of a British civil engineer kidnapped in Iraq.
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The US says it will not free a top female Iraqi prisoner as militants threaten to kill a British man.
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French government refuses to yield to Iraqi kidnappers of two French reporters on law banning headscarves. By Hugh Schofield - PARIS.
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The UK yesterday made it clear that it would not deal with Islamic extremists in Iraq holding engineer Kenneth Bigley, despite a dramatic appeal from the hostage begging Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene and save his life.
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Japan won&#39;t yield to terrorism or withdraw its troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said, in response to reports an Iraqi group kidnapped a Japanese man.
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Britain's Tony Blair appealed Thursday to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but ruled out doing deals as domestic divisions over the war continued to dog the prime minister.
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France has vowed not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law that bans the Islamic headscarf in state schools.
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Top ministers met on Wednesday shortly before a statement purportedly from the kidnappers was posted on a Web site. It denied having.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged on Sunday to support Iraq's government as it battles instability underscored when gunmen carried out a mass kidnapping at a Red Crescent office in the capital.
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Video footage of 10 more hostages kidnapped in Iraq was today broadcast on the al-Jazeera television channel as the British government again said it would not negotiate to free Kenneth Bigley.
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BAGHDAD, SEPTEMBER 23: The British and Iraqi governments said on Thursday that they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite a video message from the captive pleading for his life.
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Britain says it will not bargain with Iraqi militants holding a UK man, after he made a video plea to Tony Blair.
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Britain is ready to listen to the Islamic extremists who are holding Kenneth Bigley hostage in Iraq, but not to negotiate with them, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a television interview.
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Britain's government is willing to talk to the kidnappers of a British engineer, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, but officials stressed they would not pay a ransom or meet any political demands to ...