No Giving In To Iraq Kidnappers: Britain
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London, Sept. 23 (NNN): Britain has ruled out negotiations with militants holding a British man in Iraq, after the hostage made a video appeal to Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life.
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Britain is ready to listen to the Islamic extremists who have been holding Kenneth Bigley hostage in Iraq for two weeks, but not to negotiate with them, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw revealed.
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The interim Iraqi prime minister Eyad Allawi refused to abide by the demands of the kidnappers of the British hostage Margaret Hassan who is threatened to be killed unless the British government withdraw its forces from Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.    The captive, Kenneth Bigley, appealed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to intervene...
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Washington&#39;s closest ally in Iraq was horrified by the beheading of a British hostage there and Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons not to let it undermine their support for continued involvement in the country.
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With time running out for British hostage Kenneth Bigley, US and Iraqi officials say they will not free female Iraqi prisoners as demanded by an al Qaeda ally whose group has already beheaded two Americans.
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Authorities insisted they won't give in to militants' demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life in a video released by his captors.
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Britain joined Iraq'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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Britain is ready to listen to kidnappers holding a British hostage in Iraq but is not prepared to negotiate with them or pay them a ransom, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday.
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The US denies that a female prisoner in Iraq is to be freed, as a British hostage's family awaits news of his fate.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain's Tony Blair appealed  Thursday to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make  contact -- but ruled out doing deals as domestic divisions over  the war continued to dog the prime minister.
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Insurgent commanders in the Iraqi city of Falluja say they are not holding hostage Margaret Hassan, an aide worker who holds British and Iraqi citizenship, and condemned her kidnapping.
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Britain's Tony Blair appealed Thursday to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but ruled out doing deals as domestic divisions over the war continued to dog the prime minister.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to apologise for the Iraq war, as he linked the future of Iraq to Britain's national security.
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London - Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Wednesday his government was doing everything it could to secure the release of a Briton held by Islamic militants in Iraq, but suggested there was little hope of saving him.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain appealed on Thursday  to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact -- but  still ruled out negotiations or ransom payment.
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PARIS: France has pledged not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law banning Islamic headscarves in state schools.