Hostage agony takes toll on family
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Desperate but unanswered pleas to release a British hostage threatened with death in Iraq have taken their toll on his family and put pressure on UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.
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The whole country is uniting to secure the release of the hostages and support their families in this ordeal.
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The family of a British hostage  threatened with execution in Iraq made a desperate appeal to  Prime Minister Tony Blair on Tuesday to meet kidnappers'  demands and save his life.
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Around 300 people, including many children, were facing a harrowing night in captivity Wednesday after they were taken hostage by extremists wearing belts laden with explosives at a southern Russian school near war-torn Chechnya.
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Liverpool - The family of a British engineer anxiously awaited news on Friday of his fate at the hands of Islamic extremists in Iraq who abducted him eight days ago along with two Americans who have since been executed.
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The family of Iraq hostage Margaret Hassan faced an anxious wait today after her kidnappers threatened to hand her over to murderous Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if their demands were not met within 48 hours.
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It has become all too familiar: the pale, shocked face of a hostage, crumpled in fear and despair, begging Prime Minister Tony Blair to concede to the captors&#39; demands and spare another Briton from the savagery of the executioner&#39;s sword.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley was anxiously awaiting news today after the apparent deadline for his execution in Iraq passed without word of his fate.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley was anxiously awaiting news of his fate tonight after the apparent deadline for his execution in Iraq passed.
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BAGHDAD: Eight Egyptian and Iraqi employees of an Egyptian telecommunications company were the latest kidnapping victims in Iraq yesterday as the family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley anxiously awaited news of his fate.
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Relatives of a baby who lost as many as 60 members of his extended family say rescue efforts were tragically slow.
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VLADIKAVKAZ - The death toll from Russia&#39;s school hostage crisis climbed to at least 350 yesterday as grieving relatives prepared to bury the first victims while others sifted through overwhelmed morgues for their lost loved ones.
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The family of Margaret Hassan have spoken of their profound grief after a videotape emerged last night purporting to show the execution of the aid worker.
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THE family of Margaret Hassan, the British aid worker abducted in Iraq, was increasingly concerned about her fate last night after the kidnappersâ ultimatum expired.
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Families of eight Chinese labourers held hostage by militants in Iraq plead for their release.
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The anxious family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley on Thursday made a further appeal to the captors to free him as soon as possible.