Kidnappers Urged to Release British Hostage
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Former British pop singer and Muslim convert Cat Stevens has called on kidnappers in Iraq to release unharmed British hostage Kenneth Bigley.
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Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa called for the release as soon as possible of two French journalists being held hostage by Islamist kidnappers in Iraq.
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A video tape posted on the Internet shows British hostage Kenneth Bigley making a final appeal to the British Government to meet his captors&#39; demands before he was beheaded by a militant group in Iraq.
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The family of hostage Kenneth Bigley are appealing for his release in Iraq as the threat of execution hangs over him. Mr Bigley and two Americans were seized in Baghdad on Thursday and threatened with death unless their abductors&#39; demands were met.
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Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has appealed for the British hostage in Iraq Ken Bigley to be freed, reports say.
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MANAMA: Bahrain last night joined international efforts to secure the release of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar urged the kidnappers to free Ken Bigley and other hostages soon.
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A message claiming to be from  Islamic militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi calls for the release of Margaret Hassan.
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Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan  again urged Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq and also  to free Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera television reported  on Wednesday.
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The Foreign Office has appealed on Al Arabiya television for any information from Iraqis on Kenneth Bigley, a British engineer taken hostage with two Americans last week.
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The insurgent group al-Qaida in Iraq called Friday for the release of the kidnapped executive of the CARE charity, Margaret Hassan
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Hamas says it has urged BBC reporter Alan Johnston's kidnappers to release him immediately.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Trembling, haggard and weeping into a tissue, kidnapped hostage Margaret Hassan begged Britain yesterday to help save her by withdrawing its troops.
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A delegation from the Muslim Council of Britain has travelled to Baghdad to make a plea for the release of British captive Ken Bigley.
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A chained British hostage in Iraq  begged Tony Blair for help on Wednesday, cranking up the  emotional pressure on the prime minister as Italians celebrated  the release of two women aid workers after paying a ransom.
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Taliban-linked militants holding three kidnapped United Nations workers, including a British woman, are demanding the release of 26 prisoners, some possibly held at Guantanamo Bay, in return for sparing the hostagesâ lives.
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The government appealed for the release of a Briton held hostage in Iraq in a message aired on Arabic satellite television channels.
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âThe brother leader issued an appeal to the kidnappers saying: âWe request the release of this poor Briton since his family had requested our help ... and if they have any conditions, convey them to us in any way possibleâ,â JANA said.