Nigerian kidnappers demand money for British girl
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - The Nigerian kidnappers of a three-year-old British girl have demanded money and negotiations to secure her release are about to start, the girl's mother told Reuters on Friday.
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A British oil worker is snatched in Nigeria along with six other men, the Foreign Office confirms.
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Ethiopian and UK officials are working to secure the safe return of five British people kidnapped four days ago.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Nigerian kidnappers have demanded 10 million naira ($78,600) for a 3-year-old boy they snatched on his way to school in the lawless Niger Delta, relatives of the toddler said on Friday.
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The family of a British hostage in Iraq  renew appeals for authorities to negotiate with the  kidnappers.
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Kidnappers snatched the 3-year-old daughter of a British worker as she was being taken to school Thursday in Nigeria's lawless southern oil region, police said.
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The kidnappers of Margaret Hassan have threatened to hand her over to Ken Bigley&#39;s killers if their demands are not met within 48 hours.
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Kidnappers seized a woman from the Philippines on Wednesday in Nigeria's oil-producing region, police said, marking the first female captive known taken in an upsurge of violence roiling Africa's oil giant.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain appealed on Thursday  to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact but  ruled out doing a deal as Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to  shift the country's focus off the divisive war.
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âThe brother leader issued an appeal to the kidnappers saying: âWe request the release of this poor Briton since his family had requested our help ... and if they have any conditions, convey them to us in any way possibleâ,â JANA said.
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Gunmen who kidnapped a three-year-old British girl in southern Nigeria said they would kill her unless her father takes her place, the girl&#39;s mother told the BBC on Friday.
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A Briton was one of four foreign oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria on Friday, the Foreign Office confirms.
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Gunmen holding a three-year-old British girl hostage in the Niger Delta make a ransom demand, her mother says.
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A seven-year-old Lebanese boy has been kidnapped on his way home from school in Iraq by militants demanding a $US150,000 ($A203,693) ransom for his release, Lebanese officials said today.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 23 -- A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to  Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday to save his life by ordering the release of all women held in Iraqi prisons.
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Iraqi insurgents who claim to be holding two French journalists in Iraq demanded a $5 million (Â£2.8 million) ransom yesterday as part of a disturbing set of new conditions for their release.
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The three-year-old daughter of a British worker is seized by gunmen in the Niger Delta, Nigerian police say.