Blair's vow over British hostage
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Tony Blair vows that the government "will continue to do whatever it can" for hostage Ken Bigley.
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Facing a death threat from his Iraqi captors, British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared in a video on an Islamist Web site Wednesday and tearfully pleaded to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help spare his life, saying, &quot;Please
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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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LONDON, Sept 30  - Hopes remained alive Thursday for the life of Briton Ken Bigley as Prime Minister Tony Blair vowed to respond &quot;immediately&quot; if his hostage takers in Iraq contacted the British government.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair spoke to the family of Kenneth Bigley, the Briton who is being held hostage in Iraq.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has promised to offer help to win the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley held by militants in Iraq, the BBC quoted a senior Irish politician as reporting on Tuesday.
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Britain is ready to listen to kidnappers holding a British hostage in Iraq but is not prepared to negotiate with them or pay them a ransom, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair has vowed to stand by embattled interior minister David Blunkett, who faces an independent probe into claims he abused his ministerial powers to help a former lover.
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A chained British hostage in Iraq begged Tony Blair for help on Wednesday, cranking up the emotional pressure on the prime minister as Italians celebrated the release of two women aid workers after paying a ...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair warned against &quot;raising false hopes&quot; for an engineer held hostage in Iraq.
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A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain yesterday to save
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his Iraqi counterpart Iyad Allawi said their governments were working closely together to try to free a British hostage held by gunmen in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.    The captive, Kenneth Bigley, appealed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene...
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BRITAIN was doing everything it could to try to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq and threatened with execution, Prime Minister Tony Blair said today.
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A British man held hostage in Iraq appeared in a video on Wednesday, chained and distraught, pleading with Prime Minister Tony Blair to save his life by meeting his captors' demands to release Iraqi women from jail.
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BAGHDAD -- A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain yesterday to save his life by ordering the release of all women held in Iraqi prisons.
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The government pledges to do all it can to secure the release of a British civil engineer kidnapped in Iraq.