Three former Christian Peacemaker hostages urge forgiveness for Iraqi captors
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Three activists for a Christian peace group held hostage in Iraq for 118 days last year said Friday they forgive their captors and don't want to see them face the death penalty.Comment
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Rome - One of the two Italian women hostages freed after being held for three weeks in Iraq said on Wednesday she missed the country and her Iraqi friends and wanted to return soon.
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Tokyo - The parents of a 24-year-old Japanese traveller who was kidnapped and beheaded in Iraq said on Sunday they hoped for peace in the insurgency-torn country and apologised for the trouble caused by the crisis.
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LONDON, United Kingdom -- The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors Thursday to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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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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Three former Presidents gather in North Carolina to pay tribute to the evangelist who counseled 10 of them
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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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IRISH hostage Margaret Hassan has urged Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq and free Iraqi women prisoners in a new videotaped plea.
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The European Union, the Arab League, the pope, Muslim and pacifist groups in Italy appealed on Wednesday for the release of two Italian women abducted in Iraq while working for a humanitarian group that helps ...
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The Irish Republican Army apologized for abducting and killing a Belfast teenager 31 years ago, a gesture that might signal the outlawed group's willingness to tell the truth about other murders.
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Authorities on Friday called for the release of two Indonesian women held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, expressing hope that the kidnapping was ``a mistake&#39;&#39; since Indonesia&#39;s government never supported the war.
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Iraqis reacted with anger and disbelief  Wednesday to news that British-Iraqi aid worker Margaret  Hassan, who worked in Iraq for decades before being kidnapped a  month ago, had been killed by her captors.
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Rome - One of two Italian women released after three weeks captivity in Iraq said she was ready to go back to the war-wracked country to continue her aid work, and told of being given sweets by her kidnappers as a farewell gift.
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A German who says he was kidnapped three years ago, held by the CIA and tortured for months in Afghanistan personally sought an apology on Wednesday and an explanation for his arrest.
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The families of five British men taken prisoner in Iraq in May have appealed to their captors to release them.
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Iraqis reacted with anger and disbelief  on Wednesday to news that British-Iraqi aid worker Margaret  Hassan, who worked in Iraq for decades before being kidnapped a  month ago, had been killed by her captors.
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Singer Cat Stevens has urged Ken Bigleyâs militant Islamic kidnappers to show mercy to their captive âin the name of Allahâ.