Ransom may buy life of Iraq hostage
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The brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley was investigating whether it might be possible to buy his sibling&#39;s life. Paul Bigley was looking into reports in a Kuwaiti newspaper that a new Iraqi militant group
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The kidnappers of the two-year old Nigerian boy have demanded a ransom of nearly 390,000 dollars (280,000 euros) for his release, five days after an abducted British toddler was freed, sources close to the investigation said Friday.
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BAGHDAD: A Turkish shipping magnate and three others were kidnapped as violence in Iraq yesterday claimed six more lives. A Turkish private NTV television channel said that the kidnappers have demanded a $25 million (BD9.5m) ransom.
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Time appears to be running out for a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad, after his Muslim extremist captors threatened to kill him if their demands are not met.
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The life of a British hostage is in the balance amid reports that one of two Iraqi women that his Islamic kidnappers have demanded to be released could be freed by the US military.
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A purported statement by Iraqi militants holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline.
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Captors of two Italian hostages in Iraq have agreed to free the women, as early as this week, for a $1 million ransom, a Kuwaiti daily said on Tuesday in a report splashed over the front pages of Italian ...
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Iraqi militants holding two French journalists have reportedly set a 48-hour deadline for their new demands to be met, including payment of a five-million-dollar ransom.
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The brother of Briton Kenneth Bigley who has been held hostage in Iraq said Monday that the hostage might have been handed over to a group which was preparing to make a ransom demand.
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The family of a British man being held hostage in Iraq has pleaded with the prime minister to meet the captors demands and save the hostage s life.
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Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours. In northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 yesterday.
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Iraqi militants claimed in a Web statement Tuesday to have taken an American soldier hostage and threatened to behead him in 72 hours unless the Americans release Iraqi prisoners.
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Confusion surrounded the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a new purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had demanded a $5 million ransom or set a 48-hour deadline.
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There are reports that a body reportedly found in Iraq may belong to a young Japanese hostage.
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Besides hostage-takings by insurgent groups, many criminal gangs in Iraq have been kidnapping people for ransom.
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MILITANTS holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan offered today to consider extending a three-day deadline for their beheading.
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Militants who beheaded an American  hostage in Iraq threatened to kill another U.S. captive and a  Briton on Tuesday, as relatives and diplomats pleaded for their  release.