Gov't will listen to hostage-takers, but not negotiate: Straw
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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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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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Security forces are not planning to use force to end a school siege in southern Russia where an armed group has taken hundreds of hostages, a regional leader said on Friday.
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Britain&#39;s government is willing to talk to the kidnappers of a British engineer, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, but officials stressed
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Britain is ready to listen to kidnappers holding a British hostage in Iraq but is not prepared to negotiate with them or pay them a ransom, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday.
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The Government is leaving no stone unturned in its attempts to free aid director Margaret Hassan from her captors in Iraq, the DÃ¡il was told today.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw ruled out any United Nations or other international role in resolving the Chechen crisis, saying it was up to Russia to find the right way of ending it.
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As the desperate efforts to free hostage Ken Bigley drew no word from his ruthless kidnappers, the Prime Minister today acknowledged there was little the Government could do to help free him.
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Britain yesterday ruled out negotiating with the abductors of a Briton in Iraq, despite a desperate plea for help from the hostage.
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LIVERPOOL - Britain yesterday ruled out negotiations with the abductors of a British hostage in Iraq following his desperate televised plea to Prime Minister Tony Blair to save his life, as Italy reacted with anguish tinged with scepticism after an
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has personally contacted the family of a Briton kidnapped in Iraq to reassure them as they anxiously await news, the Foreign Office announced today.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has arrived in northern Iraq for talks with Kurdish political leaders. The plans were not published before Mr Straw trip, which comes amid the continuing crisis over British hostage Ken Bigley.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw insisted that his government was right to join the US-led invasion of Iraq even though &quot;some of the intelligence was wrong.&quot;
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A senior US official said on Wednesday deals should not be done with hostage-takers ahead of the latest deadline set by Afghan Islamic militants who have threatened to kill three kidnapped UN workers.
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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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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the European Union would have to work to ease tensions with the United States over the likely lifting of an embargo on arms sales to China, a move opposed by Washington.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has been challenged to justify "dramatic" cuts which will shut diplomatic posts around the world.