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Care International have made a televised plea to the kidnappers of Margaret Hassan, their director in Iraq, after a new videotape showed her begging Tony Blair not to send troops to Baghdad.
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Kidnappers of two Chinese engineers have demanded the release of two militants held by Pakistani security forces, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said.
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The UN has issued an appeal for the immediate return of its three staff members, which included a woman from Northern Ireland, kidnapped in Kabul last week.
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The family of a British hostage  threatened with execution in Iraq made a desperate appeal to  Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday to meet kidnappers'  demands and save his life.
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The BBC urges the Pakistan government to help find "kidnapped" journalist Dilawar Khan.
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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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The wife of the US hostage threatened with execution in Iraq made another impassioned appeal on Tuesday for her husband&#39;s life and urged his captors to open up the lines of communication.
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The families of five Britons kidnapped in Iraq in May appealed Thursday to their captors for their release, as Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was &quot;deeply concerned&quot; for them.
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The United Nations has reiterated a plea for the safe release of three UN workers taken hostage by alleged Islamic militants, as the crisis dragged into its third week with little known about the hostages' fate.
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31 October 2004 -- The United Nations has again appealed for the kidnappers of three UN workers in Afghanistan to release them unharmed.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - A gang in Somalia has demanded a ransom for two foreign aid workers who were kidnapped this week, the president of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region said on Sunday.
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Hostage Margaret Hassan has made an emotional appeal for UK forces to withdraw from Iraq, in a video shown on al-Jazeera. She was shown pleading: &quot;Please help me, please help me.
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A video tape posted on the Internet shows British hostage Kenneth Bigley making a final appeal to the British Government to meet his captors&#39; demands before he was beheaded by a militant group in Iraq.
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The government appealed for the release of a Briton held hostage in Iraq in a message aired on Arabic satellite television channels.
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A German held hostage by the Taleban appeals for help in a video broadcast on Afghan television.
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The husband of Margaret Hassan, a  British-Iraqi aid worker snatched by kidnappers on her way to  work in Baghdad this week, appealed for her release on  Thursday.
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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.