World waits and prays as family makes appeal to kidnappers
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THEY have been riven with terror as the world watches the plight of Ken Bigley. But yesterday his family came together to reach out to his captors with emotional pleas for mercy.
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Two of three UN workers kidnapped in Afghanistan called home to reassure relatives they are all right, as negotiators tried Tuesday to secure their release after 12 days in the hands of Taliban-linked militants.
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The family of a British man being held hostage in Iraq has pleaded with the prime minister to meet the captors demands and save the hostage s life.
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The family of a British civil engineer held hostage in Iraq appealed to Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene to save his life, after grisly images of the beheading of a US hostage appeared on the Internet.
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The husband of charity chief Margaret Hassan, kidnapped at gunpoint in Baghdad, has made an emotional plea for her release. &quot;I would like to tell the kidnappers that we are in the holy month of Ramadan and
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Desperate but unanswered pleas to release a British hostage threatened with death in Iraq have taken their toll on his family and put pressure on UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley was anxiously awaiting news of his fate tonight after the apparent deadline for his execution in Iraq passed.
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The family of a British engineer kidnapped in Baghdad issued a plea for his release yesterday, saying they were &quot;devastated&quot; that he had been taken.
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Kidnappers threatening to kill a Northern Irish woman in Afghanistan were today awaiting a response to their demand for a prisoner exchange.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley is âwaiting for the worstâ tonight as his kidnappers reiterated their threats to kill him following the apparent execution of a second captive in Iraq.
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British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.
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LONDON: The family of a British civil engineer kidnapped in Iraq this week with two Americans issued a plea yesterday for his release.
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The family of Ken Bigley, the Briton kidnapped in Iraq, have released a statement through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office appealing for his safe release.
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IRAQI Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today appealed to global leaders to help his nation defeat terrorism as the world awaited the fate of British hostage Kenneth Bigley and woke to news of more kidnappings.
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The family of a British hostage  threatened with execution in Iraq made a desperate appeal to  Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday to meet kidnappers'  demands and save his life.
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The parents of a four-year-old British girl snatched from a Portuguese holiday resort three weeks ago hope to meet Pope Benedict later this week, a spokesman for the family said on Sunday.
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Relatives of hostage Kenneth Bigley's Thai wife gathered at her home village in northeast Thailand to pray for his release from Iraqi captors, as fortune tellers told the distraught family that he was still alive.