British hostage beheaded by Iraqi captors after botched escape: U.S. official
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BAGHDAD  - Kidnappers beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley after twice releasing videos in which he wept and pleaded with Prime Minister Tony Blair for his life.
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The second of two American hostages in Iraq has been beheaded by a militant outfit headed by Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, reports Arabic television channel Aljazeera quoting a statement on a Muslim extremist website.
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BAGHDAD The families of an American and a British engineer being held hostage by a militant group pleaded Tuesday for officials to help get the men released hours after the group beheaded an American.
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Iraqi kidnappers have beheaded a British man who was seized last month, his family said yesterday, ending what one relative called &#39;&#39;three long weeks of agony.
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Iraqi kidnappers seized two Americans and a Briton from their home and office in Baghdad Thursday, CNN reported. US and British officials in Iraq said they were looking into the report from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley after twice releasing videos in which he wept and pleaded with Prime Minister Tony Blair for his life. A U.S...
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who pleaded tearfully last month for Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet his kidnappers' demands, was beheaded by his captors, a witness who saw the videotaped killing said Friday.
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As Britain mourns the execution of Kenneth Bigley, officials in the US say the man may have attempted to escape before he was beheaded.
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20 September 2004 -- US officials say they have recovered the body of a US hostage beheaded today by a militant group led by top Al-Qaeda suspect Abu Mus&#39;ab al-Zarqawi.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley escaped  briefly from his captors shortly before they beheaded him in  Iraq, insurgent sources said Saturday.
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LIVERPOOL, England  - News that a female weapons  scientist might be freed in Iraq gave hope to the family of a  British hostage on Wednesday, after his captors said they had  beheaded the second of two Americans being held with him.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The brother of a British hostage held by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi accused the United States yesterday of sabotaging efforts to save the captive&#39;s life, as US and Iraqi officials continued to insist they could not yield to
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - In Iraq tonight, another American has lost his life, but the victim was not a soldier. Kidnappers who had promised to execute one British and two American hostages made good on part of their threat.
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An Islamist website has published a video purportedly showing the execution of a US hostage in Iraq, reports say. Al-Jazeera television said a group loyal to a suspected al-Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, said it had beheaded the hostage.
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Iraqi insurgents beheaded three Iraqi guards Wednesday in the latest blow to US efforts to reconstitute the war-ravaged nation. Al-Jazeera aired a video showing the beheadings, the BBC reported.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A British hostage appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site Wednesday weeping and pleading for his life as Iraq's leader and U.S. officials crushed reports that a high-profile female Iraqi weapons scientist could be released from jail soon - as demanded by the kidnappers...
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Militants beheaded an American in Iraq and said two fellow civilian hostages would meet the same fate within 24 hours if Washington failed to accept their demands.