Hopes renew as KGL responds to abductors&#39; demand
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Amidst fresh hopes of release of three Indian hostages, their Kuwaiti employer company KGL today declared it had &quot;no presence&quot; in Iraq and expected early end to the over month-long crisis as efforts were moving in a &quot;promising &quot;direction&quot;.
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MANAMA: Bahrain last night joined international efforts to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar urged the kidnappers to free Ken Bigley and other hostages soon.
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Editor&#39;s Note: Published on page A2 of the Oct. 31, 2004 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. DESPITE the threat by a splinter Taliban group to kill a Filipino diplomat and two other hostages unless security
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The employer of two Chinese engineers  kidnapped in Pakistan was hopeful they would be released as  their abductors were targeting neither the company nor Chinese,  a spokesman for the firm said on Monday.
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The family of Ken Bigley, the Briton kidnapped in Iraq, have released a statement through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office appealing for his safe release.
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Abductors of 23 South Korean aid workers extend ultimatum to Tuesday evening.
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couldn&#39;t help laughing when he learnt he would be released on Sept. 1. On July 21, three Kenyans, three Indians and an Egyptian working for the Kuwait and Gulf Link company were kidnapped
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South Korean hostages set free by Afghan rebels after six weeks in captivity are likely to receive a mixed homecoming with many awaiting their weekend arrival with relief but also seeing them as largely to blame for their ordeal.
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by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and carried the promise of a scholarship or a job for the finder. having returned to base to reload, local officials said.
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The employer of two Chinese engineers kidnapped in Pakistan was hopeful they would be released as their abductors were targeting neither the company nor Chinese, a spokesman for the firm said on Monday.
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Security has been beefed up in the countryâs points of entry following Sundayâs mysterious explosion at Nairobiâs busy Wilson Airport.
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Nepal&#39;s embattled government has offered to meet a demand by Maoist rebels to end their blockade of the capital after the guerrillas set off two bombs in and around Kathmandu.
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Hopes of a swift end to the French  hostage crisis rose early Friday, after the Le Figaro newspaper  that employs one of the two captives said the men were now  being held by Iraqi guerrillas willing to negotiate their  release.
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Nepal&#39;s ruling coalition has expressed hopes for peace talks with Maoist rebels, as the capital, Kathmandu, returned to normal after the rebels lifted a week-long blockade.
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Hopes that Islamic militants will soon free two French hostages in Iraq rose on Friday, despite confusion over which group is now holding them.
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One week after the abduction of three foreign election workers in Afghanistan, Afghan and United Nations officials are hoping for a breakthrough in negotiations with the kidnappers.
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THEY have been riven with terror as the world watches the plight of Ken Bigley. But yesterday his family came together to reach out to his captors with emotional pleas for mercy.