Torment for hostage&#39;s family
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Liverpool - The family of a British engineer anxiously awaited news on Friday of his fate at the hands of Islamic extremists in Iraq who abducted him eight days ago along with two Americans who have since been executed.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley is âwaiting for the worstâ tonight as his kidnappers reiterated their threats to kill him following the apparent execution of a second captive in Iraq.
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Anguished relatives begged for the lives of an American and a Briton kidnapped in Iraq as the deadline passed Tuesday for another hostage to be beheaded by terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
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The family of a Canadian woman held hostage for 16 days in Iraq is offering new details into her ordeal. Roxanne Yamulky says her sister, Fairuz, was held for ransom before escaping with the help of an Iraqi national.
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This came as groups working with Care announced plans of a protest in Baghdad on Monday demanding Hassan&#39;s release. Tahsin Hassan said: &quot;It is painful to see my wife cry.
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The native city of British hostage Kenneth Bigley observed a day of mourning as his family struggled to come to terms with his execution.
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Family members of American and British hostages appealed for their lives after militants vowed to kill one of them today.
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THE elderly mother and the wife of the British hostage in Iraq begged for his life yesterday in emotional and distressing appeals days after his captors beheaded two Americans.
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Nick du Toit&#39;s wife and stepdaughter are distraught that there is nothing they can do to help him. On Monday his stepdaughter, Marilise Bezuidenhout, was forced to convey the news of his possible death sentence
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CALGARY -- The sister of former Calgarian Fairuz Yamulky - who was kidnapped and tortured in Iraq - is blasting the federal government for its lack of action to help free her sibling.
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THE threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages last night as their Islamic militant captors&#39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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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 family of a British engineer anxiously awaited news of his fate at the hands of Islamic extremists in Iraq who abducted him eight days ago along with two Americans who have since been executed.
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The family of murdered British hostage Ken Bigley were today trying to come to terms with his brutal beheading, as reports suggested his killers may have acted after fearing they were about to be captured.
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Every parent must feel a tug of pained empathy for the agony of families who lost children in the catastrophic denouement of the school hostage crisis in the Russian town of Beslan last week.
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THE sheer bastardry displayed by militants who kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan and who are now widely believed to have killed her has stunned the world.
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The Iraqi husband of Margaret Hassan was said to be deeply distressed after a video emerged showing the apparent murder of the Irish-born aid worker by her kidnappers, his family said.