Bigley book of condolence stolen
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A book of condolence in honour of the murdered hostage Kenneth Bigley is stolen from a mosque.
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Several snags including over a ransom have held up the handing over of British hostage Kenneth Bigley to another group in Iraq, said an editor of a Kuwaiti newspaper, citing Iraq militant sources.
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Anguished pleas to save hostage Kenneth Bigley have taken their toll on his family and piled more pressure on Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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4pm update: The first home of literature's most celebrated siblings lived up to its reputation as cursed when it failed to make its reserve price at auction.
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A rare autographed copy of the poem  known as "'Twas the night before Christmas," which was  estimated to fetch at least $200,000, failed to find a buyer at  an auction on Friday, Sotheby's said.
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FEDERAL WAY, Wash. - An imposing, wood-carved Bigfoot statue stolen from outside a doctor's office has been recovered - minus its big feet.  An anonymous tip led police to the 400-pound sculpture beneath a pile of debris in a backyard about a block from where it was snatched Monday.
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IN MY church yesterday morning, we prayed for the murdered hostage Kenneth Bigley after we had prayed for a faithful parishioner who died in his bed.
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Louis de Bernieres, author of the best-selling novel "Captain Corelli's Mandolin," will have to rewrite the first four chapters of his new novel because his computer was stolen from his summerhouse.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - The seventh and final Harry Potter book flew off the shelves on Saturday as fans the world over snapped up copies to discover the fate of the boy wizard and his Hogwarts pals.
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PLAISTOW, N.H. - A homeowner said Friday that whoever stole the baby Jesus from his manger scene was disrespectful by replacing it with an empty beer can. Bob Chooljain said that the Jesus figure was stolen from the manger scene on Wednesday night.
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A website offering e-copies of the sixth Harry Potter book is closed after an investigation by the BBC News website.
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Precious photos and lyrics of the British rock band &quot;The Beatles&quot; were recently stolen in the United States. The items were stolen from a car belonging to George Harrison.
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Authorities are investigating the theft of a rare 18th century manuscript about Rome's politically powerful Orsini family from an exhibit case at a University of California, Los Angeles library.
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1. "The Quickie" by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown and Company)
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The family of Kenneth Bigley, the British engineer who was kidnapped by gunmen from his house in Baghdad this week, has issued a desperate plea for his safe return.
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A notebook PC containing the personal information of thousands of blood donors was stolen from a blood bank in California last Friday, exposing those donors to the possibility of identify theft.
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Thousands of leaflets carrying a personal appeal for help from the family of British hostage Ken Bigley have been distributed in Baghdad.