'Released' prisoner hunt still on
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Police in Manchester continue the hunt for a "dangerous" man released from prison by mistake.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The search continued Saturday for the body of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was decapitated by his abductors, as a report emerged that Bigley escaped from his captors for a short time before he was killed.
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The brother of British hostage Ken Bigley said he had received information that he is still alive.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 23. - Authorities insisted they wonât give in to militantsâ demands to free women Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.
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Japan has made last-ditch efforts to secure the release of a Japanese hostage facing execution in Iraq. A Japanese government official says efforts are still being made to free Shosei Koda, 24, but there have been no reports of any progress.
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China is still tracking down its  eight nationals - a day after they were reportedly freed in Iraq, officials say.
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A search is continuing for a rapist who escaped from a London hospital for the second time in three years.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Kidnappers threatening to kill three foreign UN workers in Afghanistan complained yesterday that the government had yet to free 26 Taliban prisoners as part of a deal they said it made to secure the trio's release.
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The US denies that a female prisoner in Iraq is to be freed, as a British hostage's family awaits news of his fate.
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Efforts are continuing to secure the release of a County Armagh woman kidnapped in Afghanistan.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate  of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened  with beheading, remained unclear on Tuesday.
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Fourteen people arrested on suspicion of trying to free a convicted al-Qaeda militant are released after 24 hours.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life in a video released by his captors.    The captive, Kenneth Bigley, appealed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene...
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"These investigations are actively in progress and all possible avenues are being pursued."  The parents of Madeleine McCann said today they were still waiting for the "vital breakthrough" in the search for their daughter as they marked the 50th day since her abduction. via The Irish Times
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Police hunt for a man serving a four-year prison sentence who absconded from a hospital facility.
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Confusion still surrounds reports hostage Ken Bigley tried to flee his captors shortly before he was beheaded.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened with beheading, remained unclear on Tuesday.