British hostage in Iraq possibly handed over to another group ...
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The brother of Briton Kenneth Bigley who has been held hostage in Iraq said Monday that the hostage might have been handed over to a group which was preparing to make a ransom demand.
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The leader of the radical Islamic group Al-Muhajiroun today said that extremists held in Britain - such as Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza â-hould be released in exchange for Iraq hostage Ken Bigley.
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The kidnappers of Briton Ken Bigley in Iraq have posted a message suggesting they will free him, his brother said in a television interview.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - 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.    There is wide speculation that ransoms were paid for the freedom of a dozen hostages, including two Italian aid workers...
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"We are urgently looking into reports that a group of Westerners has been kidnapped."  SEVERAL Britons were feared kidnapped in Baghdad today on another bloody day for Iraq. via Edinburgh News
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The brother of British hostage Ken Bigley said today he was looking into reports that a new Iraqi militant group had intervened to help negotiate the engineerâs release.
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Hopes that Islamic militants will soon free two French hostages in Iraq are rising, despite confusion over which group is now holding them.
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LIVERPOOL, England  - Prayers were being offered  for British engineer Kenneth Bigley as news on Wednesday of a  possible breakthrough raised hopes he might escape the gruesome  fate of his fellow hostages in Iraq.
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Several snags including over a ransom have held up the handing over of British hostage Kenneth Bigley to another group in Iraq, said an editor of a Kuwaiti newspaper, citing Iraq militant sources.
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The release of two Italian women hostages in Iraq has given the family of British hostage Ken Bigley hope that he may also be freed soon, his younger brother said in remarks published in The Times.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been passed to a group in favour of  freeing them, an editor says.
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Insurgents threatening to kill three kidnapped UN workers said Sunday they have handed over a list of 26 prisoners, some possibly held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who they would take in exchange for the hostages.
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The kidnappers of Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan today threatened to hand her over to the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless their demands - including the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq - are met within 48 hours.
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An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate  of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened  with beheading, remained unclear on Tuesday.
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Kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan tonight threatened to turn her over to militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless Britain pulls its troops out of Iraq within 48 hours.
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The brother of Iraq hostage Ken Bigley says he has heard the Briton has been handed over to another group.
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The Arab television station Al-Jazeera has broadcast a videotape purportedly showing a British and two American hostages being held in Iraq by a militant group led by a suspected ally of the al-Qaida terror network, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.