Gov't will listen to hostage-takers, but not negotiate: Straw
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Britain is ready to listen to the Islamic extremists who are holding Kenneth Bigley hostage in Iraq, but not to negotiate with them, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said in a television interview.
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The government is doing everything it can to help free hostage Ken Bigley, Jack Straw tells his family.
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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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Britain will not back military action against Iran if President George W Bush decides to confront Tehran in his second White House term, Jack Straw has said.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw insisted that his government was right to join the US-led invasion of Iraq even though &quot;some of the intelligence was wrong.&quot;
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Cabinet Minister Jack Straw says he would prefer Muslim women not to wear veils at all.
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The government will come under increasing pressure this week to explain what action it took to protect British citizens in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea - after Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, admitted that he knew about the attempted
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THE British and Iraqi governments have refused to bow to the demands of kidnappers threatening to kill a British captive, despite a desperate video message from the hostage.
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Jack Straw brushes off the Iraq Survey Group's failure to find WMD and insists its report shows Saddam Hussein was a greater threat than thought.
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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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Britain's Tony Blair appealed Thursday to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but ruled out doing deals as domestic divisions over the war continued to dog the prime minister.
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The Afghan government denied making a deal with the kidnappers who released three UN hostages after four weeks in captivity yesterday.
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The United States is opposed to negotiations with hostage-takers who abducted three United Nations staffers in Afghanistan last month, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage said.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi Tuesday amid uncertainty over the fate of a British hostage held by gunmen in Iraq.
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LIVERPOOL, England  - Britain ruled out  negotiations with the abductors of a British hostage in Iraq on  Thursday after a desperate plea for help from the hostage.
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Top ministers met on Wednesday shortly before a statement purportedly from the kidnappers was posted on a Web site. It denied having.
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"The fact that the government appears not to have been able to achieve its main objectives at the U.N. brings into question the wisdom of its tactical approach"  British diplomats were too slow to contact a key official who helped broker the eventual release of 15 sailors and marines held hostage in March by Iran, a report by lawmakers said Sunday.Officials also bungled a decision that allowed some of the personnel to sell their stories to media organizations after their release, despite strong reservations from some sectors of government, Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee concluded.The British sailors and marines were searching a merchant ship in the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Iraq, when they and their two inflatable boats were intercepted by Iranian vessels near the disputed Shatt al-Arab waterway. Read more