Kidnapped Briton named
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The family of Kenneth Bigley, the British engineer who was kidnapped by gunmen from his house in Baghdad this week, has issued a desperate plea for his safe return.
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An operation is under way to rescue five Britons feared kidnapped in a remote part of Ethiopia.Comment
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Detectives name a man they want to interview after a 15-year-old girl was abducted and raped.
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A UN election worker with dual British and Irish nationality was among three foreigners kidnapped in Afghanistan today. The three were seized at gunpoint in the capital Kabul this morning sparking fears of Iraq-style atrocities.
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BAGHDAD : Kidnapped British engineer Kenneth Bigley begged London to meet his captors&#39; demands and free Iraqi prisoners, in a new video broadcast on Arab television, amid a flurry of hostage releases.
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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Contacts began on Friday to try to win the release of a British toddler seized by kidnappers who have threatened to kill her unless they are paid ransom.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who pleaded tearfully last month for Prime Minister Tony Blair to meet his kidnappers' demands, was beheaded by his captors, a witness who saw the videotaped killing said Friday.
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"He is being held on a European arrest warrant alleging terrorist related offences that was issued on behalf of the Spanish authorities"  A British resident freed from the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison for suspected terrorists was arrested in connection with a Spanish extradition request on Thursday hours after returning to Britain, police said. via Free Republic
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The British engineer kidnapped by gunmen from his house in Baghdad with two Americans has been named as Kenneth Bigley. The 62-year-old, originally from the north west of England, was seized with the two other
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Five Britons with diplomatic connections were missing feared kidnapped in Ethiopia last night amid security concerns.Comment
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has personally contacted the family of a Briton kidnapped in Iraq to reassure them as they anxiously await news, the Foreign Office announced today.
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Irelandâs government has granted British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, an Irish passport; responding to his family&#39;s calls which hopes that stressing his Irish origin will convince his kidnappers to release him.
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PORTIMAO, Portugal  -- The parents of a British girl whose disappearance sparked a global search will be formally named as suspects, family friends said Friday, after the child's mother was questioned for 11 hours by Portuguese police.
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THE family of a British engineer kidnapped in Iraq by gunmen last night begged for his release. Relatives of 62-year-old Ken Bigley said they were struggling to understand why the dad-of-one was targeted along with two Americans.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A British national abducted along with two Americans was beheaded, his family said yesterday, ending hopes that the family&#39;s relentless fight for his release would work.
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A boy who went missing after the rowing boat he and a friend stole capsized is named by police.
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Investigators recovered one of the Land Rovers driven by the group A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in northern Ethiopia 12 days ago have been released, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has said.Comment