Johnston family 'never lost hope'
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The parents of the BBC's Scottish journalist Alan Johnston tell of their relief at him being freed from captivity.
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The father of desperately-ill baby Charlotte Wyatt has made an impassioned plea to a High Court judge not to give up the battle to save her.
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The John MacLean Society and Clydeside Press have done the socialist movement a great service by republishing this excellent and inspirational biography of John MacLean by his daughter, Nan Milton.
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By Jane Mcbride, The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Sep. 24--Alice and Bobby Vaughan are hospitable kind of people who've always thought that if misfortune put pilgrims in their path, they'd take them in.   They never expected to be the ones seeking refuge.
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The parents of the missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann said today they were clinging on to the hope that their daughter was safe and being looked after by someone who wanted a child of their own.
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THE family of British hostage Ken Bigley thanked his captors in Iraq for allowing them to see him alive in a video aired today and renewed their plea for his release.
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EVEN Margaret Thatcher&#39;s closest friends and admirers have long despaired at her unwillingness to concede that her wayward son and heir can be trouble.
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The family and colleagues of Alan  Johnston, a BBC reporter kidnapped by Islamist extremists in  Gaza, urged his captors on Monday not to harm him after he  appeared in a video wearing what he said was an explosive belt.
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The brother of British hostage Ken Bigley said he had received information that he is still alive.
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Darren and Debbie Wyatt are amazed at their daughter Charlotteâs ability to beat the odds. Born three months premature at 1 pound, she has battled illness all her life.
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THE family of a Brisbane woman missing in Thailand said yesterday they had not given up hope of finding her alive. Dina Fryer went missing from Phuket when the Boxing Day tsunami struck the island resort.
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By Lukas Johnson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 18--Melissa Ford and her son Kalil Tate received the keys to their new home in a dedication ceremony Wednesday.   It happened to be the 100th house built by Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County.
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Members of the Gadaffi family have pledged to support efforts to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, his brother claimed today. Paul Bigley said that Colonel Gadaffiâs London-based
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ADAM Dunning became a hero just weeks before he was killed, his heartbroken family revealed yesterday. Putting on a brave face for the media at their home in Canberra, the family told how Mr Dunning had a
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One of Margaret Thatcher&#39;s closest friends has told of her distress at the arrest of her son over an alleged coup in Africa. Sir Mark is under house arrest and facing the possibility of 15 years in jail after
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke to the family of Iraq hostage Kenneth Bigley this afternoon, Downing Street said. Mr Blair spoke to the family at 2pm, after they issued a statement appealing for the
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The Queen has led the massive outpouring of sympathy by sending a message of support to Ken Bigley's family.