Muslim Council joins fight for hostage&#39;s life
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Efforts to secure the release of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley are being stepped up as a delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain&#39; heads to Baghdad for talks.
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LONDON -- The government said yesterday it was investigating reports that members of a London-based radical Islamic group have been in contact with militants holding a British hostage in Iraq to urge his release.
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A two-man delegation from Britain's biggest Muslim group arrived in Iraq on Saturday on a quest to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized by Islamic militants nine days ago and threatened with death.
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Muslim leaders will call for calm following nine arrests under terror laws and accusations of a kidnap plot.
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The death toll in the governmentâs three-day siege of a radical mosque in the center of Islamabad rose to 19, as reports emerged that the rebellionâs leader was offering to surrender.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq trying to win the release of two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants said Thursday they had received proof the men were alive and well. The kidnappers have demanded that Paris rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves.
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The kidnapping of British aid worker Margaret Hassan has generated a debate on Islamist Web sites, with many contributors urging the kidnappers to spare her life.
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PLEAS for the life of the lone British hostage in Iraq, Ken Bigley, redoubled last night as American troops continued their assault on the &quot;Sunni triangle&quot; and on the quarters of Baghdad where the hostage-takers have their strongholds.
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Two members of a British Muslim group are beginning efforts in Iraq to secure the freedom of Ken Bigley.
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A delegation of senior British Muslims left for Baghdad on Friday night to plead for the life of the British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who it is now claimed was sold by his kidnappers to an Al-Qaeda outfit for almost Â£150,000.
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The fate of a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad was looking increasingly perilous today, after his Muslim extremist captors threatened to kill him if their demands are not met.
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A two-man delegation from Britain&#39;s biggest Muslim group has arrived in Iraq on a quest to free British hostage Kenneth Bigley, seized by Islamic militants nine days ago and threatened with death.
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Meanwhile, British Muslim officials arrive in Baghdad to try to win a British hostage&#39;s freedom. BY BASSEM MROUE. BAGHDAD, Iraq - US warplanes, tanks and artillery repeatedly hammered Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s
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BAGHDAD : Iraq&#39;s hostage crisis deepened as Islamists who beheaded two Americans let a Briton make a desperate videotaped plea, while another extremist group claimed to have executed two women Italian aid workers.
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British-Iraqi aid worker Margaret Hassan&#39;s captors have released a tape of her pleading for Tony Blair to save her life, repeating a tactic used with political effect in the case of slain hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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In a new effort to end the growing Taliban insurgency, a council of Afghan political and tribal leaders hopes to hold talks with elements of the Islamic group aimed at including them in the government.
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Muslims must find a way to remove the cancer infecting their religion.