Fate of aid worker in the balance as date with Zarqawi looms
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The fate of kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan hung in the balance as a deadline approached to hand her over to a group led by Islamic militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless British troops left Iraq.
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MOSCOW  - Ongoing confusion over exactly how many people were taken hostage during a deadly siege at a southern Russia school is delaying the distribution of more than &#36;20 million in charity aid, officials said Thursday.
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The group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, which has claimed the gruesome killing of foreign hostages in Iraq, reportedly threatened to execute two Americans and a Briton it is holding unless Iraqi women prisoners are freed within 48 hours.
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CAIRO, Egypt There&#39;s been a call for the release of the CARE International director in Iraq, Margaret Hassan, and it purportedly comes from the terrorist group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (AH&#39;-boo MOO&#39;-sahb zahr-KOW&#39;-ee).
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An unknown militant group holding Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan in Iraq has threatened to turn her over to a group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if its demands are not met, Al Jazeera television says.
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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 threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages as their Islamic militant captors' 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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Iraqi forces have captured a senior aide to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the government said Monday.
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A service is held in Ireland for Margaret Hassan, while the EU warns of implications for relief workers in Iraq.
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An aide to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian terrorist leader in Iraq with a $25 million US reward on his head, was killed today in a US air strike in the city of Fallujah, the US military said.
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The life of a British hostage is in the balance amid reports that one of two Iraqi women that his Islamic kidnappers have demanded to be released could be freed by the US military.
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Militants linked to wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have threatened to kill three Western hostages unless the United States releases female prisoners from two Iraqi jails within 48 hours.
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Suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi's group has threatened to execute two Americans and a Briton it is holding unless Iraqi women prisoners are freed within 48 hours, according to a video aired by Al-Jazeera television which showed the captives blindfolded.
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Iraqi forces have captured a senior  aide to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the government said  Monday.
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The family of Iraq hostage Margaret Hassan faced an anxious wait today after her kidnappers threatened to hand her over to murderous Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if their demands were not met within 48 hours.
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The fate of three UN officials abducted in Afghanistan continues to hang in the balance with their kidnappers setting a fifth deadline for their execution.
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Iraq announced the capture of a senior  aide to leading militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Monday, hours  after Zarqawi claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing  near the offices of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.