Britain Wants Contact with Iraq Hostage-Takers
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain's Tony Blair appealed  Thursday to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make  contact -- but ruled out doing deals as domestic divisions over  the war continued to dog the prime minister.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 23 -- A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to  Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday to save his life by ordering the release of all women held in Iraqi prisons.
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The government appealed for the release of a Briton held hostage in Iraq in a message aired on Arabic satellite television channels.
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Iraqi-British national Margaret Hassan  who is held hostage in Iraq urged Britain to pull out troops  and release Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera television said  Wednesday.
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BRIGHTON, England/DUBAI  - Prime Minister Tony  Blair said on Wednesday Britain would respond to the captors of  hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq if they made contact with his  government.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain appealed on Thursday  to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact but  ruled out doing a deal as Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to  shift the country's focus off the divisive war.
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BRIGHTON, England/BAGHDAD  - British Prime  Minister Tony Blair said on Wednesday he was ready to open up  contact with captors of a British hostage in Iraq, shown on  video begging Blair to save his life.
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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 families of five Britons kidnapped in Iraq in May appealed Thursday to their captors for their release, as Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was &quot;deeply concerned&quot; for them.
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The government is considering approaching Tehran for help in finding five Britons kidnapped in Baghdad, The Guardian said Friday, citing officials.
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The Muslim Council of Britain sends representatives to Iraq to try to secure the release of British hostage Ken Bigley.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.    There is wide speculation that ransoms were paid for the freedom of a dozen hostages, including two Italian aid workers...
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Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan has  urged Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq and free Iraqi  women prisoners, Al Jazeera reported Wednesday.
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LIVERPOOL, England : Britain&#39;s leading Muslim organisation dispatched two envoys to Iraq, hoping to help secure the release of a British engineer taken hostage by extremists eight days ago.
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Britain's 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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LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair says there&#39;s little he can do to secure the release of Ken Bigley, the British hostage being held in Iraq.
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Britain&#39;s government is willing to talk to the kidnappers of a British engineer, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, but officials stressed