Hostage&#39;s mother pleads for mercy
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Anguished pleas to save hostage Kenneth Bigley have taken their toll on his family and piled more pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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The 86-year-old mother of a Briton held hostage in Iraq tells his captors: "Send him home to me alive".
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An 11-year-old Iraqi girl who lost a leg and 17 members of her family during last year&#39;s war urged kidnappers Saturday to release a British hostage they have been holding for nine days under threat of death.
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The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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The last time Alla Gadiyeva saw her first-grade son and mother â-t the violent climax today of Russia&#39;s 53-hour hostage saga â - was helping them to escape.
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âPlease help me. Please help me,â said a terrified Hassan, breaking down in tears and burying her face in a tissue. She said she might be killed like British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was beheaded by his captors earlier this month.
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BAGHDAD -- Trembling, haggard, and weeping into a tissue, Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped British aid worker who has spent nearly half her life delivering food and medicine in Iraq, begged Britain yesterday to help save her by withdrawing its troops, saying these &quot;might be my last hours.&quot;
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LONDON Sept. 23, 2004 - 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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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Trembling, haggard and weeping into a tissue, kidnapped hostage Margaret Hassan begged Britain yesterday to help save her by withdrawing its troops.
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The Nigerian kidnappers  of a three-year-old British girl have demanded money and  negotiations to secure her release are about to start, the  girl&#39;s mother told Reuters on Friday.
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A British hostage has appeared on a video posted on an Islamic website weeping and pleading for his life.
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The family of a Briton held hostage in Iraq issue an emotional plea for his release to the militants holding him.
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The family of a British hostage threatened with execution in Iraq made a desperate appeal to Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday to meet kidnappers' demands and save his life.
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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.
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The Thai wife of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, threatened with execution by captors in Iraq, has issued a tearful plea for his life.
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The wife of Ken Bigley, the British engineer who is being held hostage in Iraq, has made an emotional appeal today for the safe release of her husband.
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The 86-year-old mother of British hostage Kenneth Bigley held in Iraq joined on Thursday appeals made by his family for his safe release, as the British government made clear that it would not deal with the kidnappers.