Britain wants contact with kidnappers
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The government has appealed to kidnappers holding hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq to make contact -- but still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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British hostage in Iraq Kenneth Bigley made a fresh plea Wednesday to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to work on securing his release.
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Britain's Foreign Office updated its travel advice for Iraq, warning its nationals that they could be targeted by kidnappers in the north of the war-torn country.
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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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LIVERPOOL, England  - Britain ruled out  negotiations with the abductors of a British hostage in Iraq on  Thursday after a desperate plea for help from the hostage.
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Britain made an impassioned plea to Iraqis for information on the whereabouts of the body of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, still missing more than one week after he was beheaded.
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Britain's ambassador to Iraq has appealed for the release of the five men kidnapped by armed militia in Baghdad.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - The family of a three-year old British girl abducted in Nigeria began negotiating her release on Friday with kidnappers who have threatened to kill her unless their ransom demands are met.
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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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TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi yesterday appealed to kidnappers in Iraq holding British hostage Kenneth Bigley to release him, Libya&#39;s official Jana news agency said.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday Britain would respond to the captors of hostage Kenneth Bigley, being held in Iraq, if they made contact with his government.
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The distraught mother of a three-year-old British girl taken hostage in southern Nigeria said Saturday her captors had asked for ransom as security agents intensified efforts to secure her release.
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The British Muslim Council said Friday that it was sending representatives to Iraq to try to secure the release of British hostage Ken Bigley held by militants in the country.
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A kidnapped UN worker may have been allowed to contact her family in NI, reports from Afghanistan suggest.
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The family of a British hostage captured in Iraq has appealed to the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to intervene to try to save his life.
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BRIGHTON, England - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday he was ready to open up contact with captors of a British hostage in Iraq, shown on video begging Blair to save his life.
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A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain has travelled to Baghdad to make a plea for the release of British captive Ken Bigley.