Relatives, Muslim groups appeal for release of Sri Lankan hostage ...
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COLOMBO : Relatives of Sri Lankan truck driver Dinesh Dharmendran Rajaratnam appealed to his captors in Iraq to free him, saying he had been forced to work there by his Kuwaiti employer.
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Two international rights organizations appealed to President Vladimir Putin to order the release of eight relatives of a Chechen rebel leader, who were allegedly abducted last month by security forces.
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The husband of Margaret Hassan, a British-Iraqi aid worker snatched by kidnappers on her way to work in Baghdad this week, appealed for her release on Thursday.
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The aid charity Care International has appealed to the captors of its Iraq director Margaret Hassan to release her.
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TRIPOLI: Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi yesterday appealed to kidnappers in Iraq holding British hostage Kenneth Bigley to release him, Libya&#39;s official Jana news agency said.
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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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MANAMA: Bahrain last night joined international efforts to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar urged the kidnappers to free Ken Bigley and other hostages soon.
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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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Members of the Gadaffi family have pledged to support efforts to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, his brother claims.
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Sydney: Nada Hassan, the Sydney-based sister in-law of CARE Australia worker Margaret Hassan held hostage in Iraq, has made a dramatic plea to the kidnappers to set her free.
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The family of a British hostage captured in Iraq has appealed to the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to intervene to try to save his life.
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(Islamabad, Pakistan-AP, Sept. 28, 2004 7:07 AM) _ The family of a top al-Qaida suspect killed in Pakistan wants the government to release his body so they can give him a proper burial.
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Minority Tamils in Sri Lankan capital Colombo appeal to government for protection after a spate of abductions.
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Arabic-language news channel Al-Jazeera has reported hostage-takers in Iraq are demanding Indonesia&#39;s government release Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba&#39;asyir in exchange for two female hostages.
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The families of five British men taken prisoner in Iraq in May have appealed to their captors to release them.
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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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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.