Brother of Pinoy hostage appeals for his release (5:15 pm)
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MANILA -- The brother of a Filipino diplomat kidnapped in Afghanistan appealed for his release Tuesday, calling his sibling &quot;a very good man&quot; who respects all Muslims.
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The families of five British men taken prisoner in Iraq in May have appealed to their captors to release them.
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The family of Angelito Nayan appealed Tuesday to kidnappers in Afghanistan to free the United Nations worker and asked some sectors in the Philippines not to exploit their kinsman&#39;s plight to advance their political agenda.
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BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - The Palestinian family of  a Jordanian hostage threatened with death in Iraq appealed on  Sunday for his release, saying he was a father of seven who did  not collaborate with Iraq's "occupier."
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The Iraqi militant group which killed Briton Ken Bigley has called for hostage Margaret Hassan to be freed, a message on an Islamic website said.
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Muslim and Christian religious leaders in the hometown of a British hostage facing death in Iraq have appealed for his captors to free him.
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JAKARTA: President Megawati Sukarnoputri has appealed for the release of two Indonesian women held hostage in Iraq as their captors demanded a militant Indonesian preacher be freed in return.
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Baghdad - The singer once known as Cat Stevens appealed Sunday to militants threatening to kill a British hostage in Iraq to release him immediately.
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The husband of kidnapped aid agency chief Margaret Hassan today made a fresh appeal to her Iraqi captors to release her. Mrs Hassan appeared on Friday in a wrenching televised statement begging for her life
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The family of a Briton held hostage in Iraq issue an emotional plea for his release to the militants holding him.
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The husband of charity chief Margaret Hassan, kidnapped at gunpoint in Baghdad, has made an emotional plea for her release. &quot;I would like to tell the kidnappers that we are in the holy month of Ramadan and
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Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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The family of Ken Bigley, the Briton kidnapped in Iraq, have released a statement through the Foreign and Commonwealth Office appealing for his safe release.
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The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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The family of a British man being held hostage in Iraq has pleaded with the prime minister to meet the captors demands and save the hostage s life.
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Kidnappers holding two Indonesian women hostages in Iraq are demanding the release of a militant cleric accused of leading a terrorist group in Southeast Asia.
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THE elderly mother and the wife of the British hostage in Iraq begged for his life yesterday in emotional and distressing appeals days after his captors beheaded two Americans.