Anguished mother awaits news of captive son
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Just minutes after pleading for Iraqi fighters to release her son, Setsuko Koda &#39;reacted with shock&#39; to the news that the bullet-riddled body of an Asian man had been found near Tikrit.
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Kidnappers threatening to kill a Northern Irish woman in Afghanistan were today awaiting a response to their demand for a prisoner exchange.
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The mother of one of three County Armagh boys who have ended their lives describes her heartbreak.
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Liverpool - The family of a British engineer anxiously awaited news on Friday of his fate at the hands of Islamic extremists in Iraq who abducted him eight days ago along with two Americans who have since been executed.
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The Birmingham family of desperatelyill baby Charlotte Wyatt face an agonising wait for a judge to decide if medics should save her.
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The wife of an American hostage in Iraq has pleaded for his captors to open talks after Islamic militants demanding the release of female prisoners in Iraq beheaded another American captive.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley is anxiously awaiting news after the apparent deadline for his execution in Iraq passed without word of his fate.
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By Carla McClain, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 18--For eons, humans have been fascinated and mystified by the cord that ties a mother to her unborn baby.
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BOGOTA, Colombia  - The mother of one of three  American contractors abducted by guerrillas in Colombia 18  months ago on Tuesday called on President Alvaro Uribe to  negotiate his release and that of other kidnapping victims  throughout the country.
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The mother of a jailed Cuban dissident journalist will be on hand for President George W. Bush's State of the Union speech on Monday to underscore the administration's hard line against the Castro government.
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Police and the family of a woman who has not been seen since Wednesday fear for her safety.
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The family of Margaret Hassan, director of CARE International in Iraq, said their hearts were broken Tuesday after hearing of her apparent death at the hands of her captors.
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Charity workers were still facing an agonising wait for news of Iraq aid worker Margaret Hassan tonight after a televised plea to her kidnappers was met with silence.
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The 86-year-old mother of the Iraq hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared in public for the first time to beg for his release yesterday as the desperate waiting game entered its second week.
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The wife of the U.S. hostage  threatened with execution in Iraq made another impassioned  appeal on Tuesday for her husband's life and urged his captors  to open up the lines of communication.
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The family of a British hostage in Iraq wait for news after his captors reportedly repeat a threat to kill him.
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A mother whose dead baby's identity was used by suspected drug smugglers says she is heartbroken.