British Iraq Hostage Pleads as U.S. Stands Firm
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With time running out for a British  hostage, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Wednesday they would  not free female Iraqi prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda ally  whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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DUBAI/LONDON  - A British hostage in Iraq appealed  to Tony Blair to help free him in a new videotape aired on  Wednesday that left his family relieved Kenneth Bigley was  alive but appalled to see him caged and in distress.
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BAGHDAD : Britain joined Iraq&#39;s US-backed government in facing down a chilling ultimatum to execute a British and two American hostages, as Islamists claimed the gruesome beheading of three Kurds.
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The US says it will not free a top female Iraqi prisoner as militants threaten to kill a British man.
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Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared in a video tape aired on Wednesday, pleading with Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet the demands of his captors in Iraq to release Iraqi women prisoners.
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Britain said on Thursday its troops will stay in Iraq for as long as required by the Iraqi authorities, denying a newspaper report that it was urging Washington to give a provisional timetable for a pull-out.
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A weeping British-Iraqi hostage pleaded  for her life in a video broadcast on Friday as British troops  prepared to move nearer Baghdad before an expected U.S.-led  offensive against rebels before January elections.
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LONDON -- A videotape broadcast yesterday showed a British hostage in Iraq shackled in a cage and wearing an orange jumpsuit, pleading with Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life and accusing him of not doing enough to secure his freedom.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the U.S...
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A weeping British-Iraqi hostage pleaded for her life in a video broadcast on Friday as British troops prepared to move nearer Baghdad before an expected US-led offensive against rebels before January elections.
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The family of a Briton held hostage in Iraq issue an emotional plea for his release to the militants holding him.
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A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Trembling, haggard and weeping into a tissue, kidnapped hostage Margaret Hassan begged Britain yesterday to help save her by withdrawing its troops.
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With time running out to save a British  hostage in Iraq, U.S. officials said on Wednesday they were not  about to free Iraqi women prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda  ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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LONDON The British government won&#39;t pay a ransom or meet any political demands to secure the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq.
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A British hostage appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site yesterday and pleaded for his life as Iraq&#39;s leader and US officials crushed reports that a female Iraqi weapons scientist could be released from jail soon - as demanded by the kidnappers