Irish Govt Gives UK Hostage Bigley a Passport
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Ireland has granted British hostage Ken Bigley a passport following calls from his family who hope that stressing his Irish connections will persuade his kidnappers in Iraq to release him.
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The family of Ken Bigley, the Briton kidnapped in Iraq, have released a statement through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office appealing for his safe release.
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This week, a delegation of British Muslims returned from a high profile effort to secure the release of a British hostage, civilian Kenneth Bigley, held in Iraq since September 16th.
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The Irish government has given Kenneth Bigley - kidnapped in Iraq - an Irish passport in a bid to stress his non-British roots. It was issued following appeals from his family and his dual citizenship means
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FALLUJA, Iraq  - British hostage Ken Bigley was  beheaded near Baghdad on Thursday afternoon, insurgent sources  in the rebel-held town of Falluja said on Friday.
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A joint appeal for the release of Dublin-born humanitarian aid worker Margaret Hassan kidnapped in Iraq was issued by the Irish and Palestinian foreign ministers.
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HOPES for Ken Bigley&#39;s freedom rose yesterday after it was claimed he had been &#39;sold&#39; to a less brutal gang of kidnappers.
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THE brother of Ken Bigley, the British engineer being held hostage in Iraq, said yesterday he had received an offer of help from the family of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi.
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: A British hostage in Iraq appealed to Tony Blair to help free him in a new videotape aired today that left his family relieved Kenneth Bigley was alive but appalled to see him caged and in distress.
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The terrorists holding Ken Bigley hostage in Iraq could be prepared to barter their captive for a ransom, it emerged last night. The Islamic militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has decided that Mr Bigley
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The family of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley has thanked people for support and prayers in their ordeal.
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A two-man delegation from Britain's  biggest Muslim group arrived in Iraq on Saturday on a quest to  free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized by Islamic  militants nine days ago and threatened with death.
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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 Briton Kenneth Bigley threatened with beheading, remains unclear.
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BRITISH hostage Ken Bigley, kidnapped in Baghdad 22 days ago, has reportedly been beheaded by the Tawhid and Jihad group led by al-Qa&#39;ida operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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The Irish government steps up its efforts to free Ken Bigley, held hostage in Iraq, by talking to diplomats from Iran and Jordan.
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A special mass has been held in Dublin for an aid worker who has pleaded for her life after being kidnapped in Iraq.
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By Damien McElroy, Sean Rayment and Aqeel Hussein in Fallujah. The British hostage Kenneth Bigley made a desperate bid for freedom through a farming district on the outskirts of Latifiya on Thursday.