Iraq hostage families in appeal
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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 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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Families of eight Chinese labourers held hostage by militants in Iraq plead for their release.
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The Palestinian family of a Jordanian hostage threatened with death in Iraq appealed on Sunday for his release, saying he was a father of seven who did not collaborate with Iraq's "occupier."
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Family members of an American and a Briton held by kidnappers in Iraq appealed for their lives after a grisly video posted on the Internet purportedly showed militants beheading U.S. civil engineer Eugene Armstrong and threatening to kill another hostage in 24 hours...
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FOUR Iraqi religious leaders, including two imams, appealed today for the release of four aid workers - two Italians and two Iraqis - who were taken hostage in Baghdad overnight.
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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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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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LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi last night made a dramatic appeal for the release of British hostage Ken Bigley. Colonel Gaddafi acted after a direct appeal from Bigley&#39;s family to Saif, one of his sons.
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Britain appealed on Thursday to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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A video tape posted on the Internet  Sunday showed British hostage Kenneth Bigley making a final  appeal to the British government to meet his captors' demands  before he was beheaded by a militant group in Iraq.
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The elderly mother of Kenneth Bigley, a British engineer held hostage in Iraq by Islamic militants threatening to kill him, has made a desperate plea for her son&#39;s release as hopes for his safety fade.
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Iraqi-Polish hostage Teresa Borcz Khalifa has appealed to her government on a video, saying her life depended on the withdrawal of Polish forces from Iraq as demanded by her Iraqi captors.
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Britain's ambassador to Iraq has appealed for the release of the five men kidnapped by armed militia in Baghdad.
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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 family of Kenneth Bigley, the British hostage being held in Iraq, has made a direct appeal for his release to the militants who abducted the 62-year old-engineer.
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The family of a Japanese man being held  hostage in Iraq begged for his life on Friday after the expiry  of a deadline set by his captors, who have threatened to behead  him unless Japan withdrew its troops.