Envoys in Iraq on mission to save British hostage
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Two members of the Muslim Council of Britain are in Iraq planning to meet Muslim leaders in Baghdad in an attempt to seek the release of the British hostage Ken Bigley.
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Britain has takem its pleas for the life of hostage Kenneth Bigley to the streets of Baghdad, distributing leaflets in the hope of persuading his captors to show mercy.
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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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A two-man delegation from Britain&#39;s biggest Muslim group has arrived in Iraq on a quest to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized by Islamic militants nine days ago and threatened with death.
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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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Diplomatic efforts mount as a deadline nears for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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The Foreign Office launched a televised appeal on an Arab satellite channel for Iraqis to help rescue British hostage Kenneth Bigley who faces a death threat along with two US kidnap victims.
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Top officials from aid agency CARE appealed for the release of their kidnapped British-Iraqi executive Margaret Hassan, one day after she made a desperate plea to the British government to save her life by ...
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US teams tried to rescue Briton Ken Bigley and two Americans from their Iraq kidnappers, sources say.
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The British Embassy in Baghdad has distributed 50,000 leaflets carrying a message from the family of a Briton kidnapped in Iraq that pleas with residents to help find the man, the Foreign Office said Friday.
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A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain is flying to Baghdad in a desperate attempt secure to release of hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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MANAMA: Bahrain last night joined international efforts to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar urged the kidnappers to free Ken Bigley and other hostages soon.
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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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LONDON The British Foreign Office says its embassy in Baghdad has printed 50-thousand leaflets urging Iraqis to help find a kidnapped British citizen.
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Britain&#39;s ambassador to Iraq called on Thursday for the release of five kidnapped Britons and appealed for contacts with their abductors.
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Italy is sending an envoy to the Middle East to work for the release of two women aid workers seized in Iraq.
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Britain's leading Muslim organisation dispatched two envoys to Iraq, hoping to help secure the release of a British engineer taken hostage by Muslim extremists eight days ago.