Britain rules out hostage talks
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LIVERPOOL - Britain yesterday ruled out negotiations with the abductors of a British hostage in Iraq following his desperate televised plea to Prime Minister Tony Blair to save his life, as Italy reacted with anguish tinged with scepticism after an
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ruled out any negotiations with Chechen rebel leaders following the Beslan school hostage-seizure in which more than 320 people were killed, half of them children.
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The government is ready to listen to a message from the kidnappers of Kenneth Bigley but will not enter into negotiations with them, the foreign secretary, Jack Straw, said today.
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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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The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for withdrawing coalition troops.
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Britain is considering a request it received from Washington last week for extra military assistance in Iraq, but not in flashpoint areas in Baghdad or Falluja, the government said Monday.
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 23. - Authorities insisted they wonât give in to militantsâ demands to free women Iraqi prisoners despite the broadcast of a videotape that showed a tearful British hostage begging Britain to save his life.
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Britain said it was not "engaged" with the Taliban, after a report that relations between London and Kabul have soured due to a secret British plan to train former Taliban fighters.
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Britain says it will not bargain with Iraqi militants holding a UK man, after he made a video plea to Tony Blair.
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Hopes For the release of a British hostage kidnapped in Baghdad were fading last night after the Iraqi Foreign Minister said his government would not bow to the kidnappers' demands.
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The Iraqi government denied on Monday  it had suspended talks to avert a military assault on the  rebel-held city of Falluja.
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The British government underlined on Thursday that it will not "cut and run" from Iraq following that country's election this month, denying reports that London is pushing Washington to set a timetable for ...
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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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Britain won't pay a ransom or meet any political demands to secure the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Thursday.
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The government has refused to issue two more British men held at Guantanamo Bay with passports, it is reported.
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Britain said on Thursday there were no  plans for an emergency meeting of the Group of Eight rich  countries to discuss relief aid for nations hit by tsunamis,  pouring cold water on an Italian proposal.
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The British and Iraqi governments said  Thursday they would not bow to the demands of militants  threatening to kill a British captive, despite a video message  from the hostage pleading for his life.