UK, Iraq say will not give in to kidnappers
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BAGHDAD, SEPTEMBER 23: The British and Iraqi governments said on Thursday that they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite a video message from the captive pleading for his life.
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London, Sept. 23 (NNN): Britain has ruled out negotiations with militants holding a British man in Iraq, after the hostage made a video appeal to Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life.
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The US denies that a female prisoner in Iraq is to be freed, as a British hostage's family awaits news of his fate.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 23. - Authorities insisted they wonât give in to militantsâ demands to free women Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.
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BAGHDAD : Britain joined Iraq&#39;s US-backed government in facing down a chilling ultimatum to execute a British and two American hostages, as Islamists claimed the gruesome beheading of three Kurds.
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Italy insisted on Friday that the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamist kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.
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Hopes For the release of a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad were fading last night after the Iraqi Foreign Minister said his government would not bow to the kidnappers&#39; demands.
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Japan Wednesday refused to withdraw its forces from Iraq despite the threat by Islamic militants to execute a Japanese hostage if the troops remain.
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Australia says it is willing to talk to the kidnappers of a Baghdad-based aid worker to secure her release, but will not pay a ransom or change its Iraq policy.
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Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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France has vowed not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law that bans the Islamic headscarf in state schools.
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Britain says it is doing all it can to free UK hostage  Kenneth Bigley, but rules out deals with Iraqi militants.
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The British and Iraqi governments said they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British hostage, despite tearful pleas from the captive and his family.
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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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Italy will not bow to the kidnappers of two Italian aid workers in Iraq who are demanding that it withdraw its forces from Iraq, an Italian envoy said today.
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Britain and Iraq are working closely on efforts to free a British hostage threatened with death within 24 hours if his kidnappers&#39; demands are not met, Tony Blair has said.
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Britain ruled out negotiations with the abductors of a British hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a desperate plea for help from the hostage.