Freed German hostage says son&#39;s life still threatened
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A German woman freed this week after being held hostage in Iraq since early February called on her government to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or said her still-captive son would be executed.
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The 86-year-old mother of a Briton held hostage in Iraq pleaded with his captors to free him Thursday, days after they beheaded two Americans kidnapped along with him.
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Militant groups holding an Israeli soldier seized a year ago said on Monday he was alive and well and would remain a captive until Israel freed thousands of Palestinian prisoners.
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An Iraqi insurgent group threatened to kill a German woman and her son kidnapped in Iraq unless Germany withdrew its troops from Afghanistan within 10 days, according to a video posted by the group on Saturday.Comment
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The two hostages are said to be a woman and her son A militant Islamist group in Iraq which says it has two German hostages has threaten to kill them if Berlin does not pull its troops from Afghanistan.Comment
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Relatives of a man being held hostage in Iraq waited for word about him Saturday as militants threatened to decapitate him, another American and a Briton unless demands were met within 48 hours.
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A Taliban spokesman said Saturday the militant group had killed a German hostage and threatened to kill a second unless the governments of Afghanistan or Germany entered negotiations.
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THE family of a British engineer kidnapped in Iraq by gunmen last night begged for his release. Relatives of 62-year-old Ken Bigley said they were struggling to understand why the dad-of-one was targeted along with two Americans.
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Tokyo: Japan said on Friday it had not given up hope for a Japanese hostage in Iraq after a report he may have been killed, as the 24-year-old&#39;s mother pleaded to Islamic militants to spare him.
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Released Colombian hostage Clara Rojas says she is eager to be reunited with her son who was born in captivity.
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The family of hostage Kenneth Bigley are appealing for his release in Iraq as the threat of execution hangs over him. Mr Bigley and two Americans were seized in Baghdad on Thursday and threatened with death unless their abductors&#39; demands were met.
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An insurgent group in Iraq posted a videotape Monday that showed a German hostage who has been held for more than six months and threatened to kill him unless Germany withdrew its troops from Afghanistan within 10 days.
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Iraqi militants have renewed their threat to kill British hostage Kenneth Bigley unless Iraqi women are released from prison, despite justice officials confirming today that one of the two females currently in US custody could be freed imminently.
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The former head of Germany's foreign intelligence service on Thursday justified a decision to bar a German resident held in Guantanamo Bay from returning to Germany, saying the man was still considered a security risk.
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A threat of possible terrorist attacks in Germany, based on a tip from Lebanese authorities after they interrogated an al-Qaida suspect, is less severe than initially thought, authorities said Monday.
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The brother of a British man held hostage in Iraq has asked the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi for help in winning the captive&#39;s release.
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A German held hostage by the Taleban appeals for help in a video broadcast on Afghan television.