Rift keeps Briton's fate unclear
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The fate of a British hostage remains unclear amid conflicting reports around the release of an Iraqi prisoner.
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The Foreign Office refused to confirm press reports that the British hostage murdered in Iraq, Kenneth Bigley, escaped briefly before being recaptured, a spokesman told AFP.
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Baghdad, September 6 Iraq&#39;s government was mired in confusion on Sunday on whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run had been caught, with the defence minister denying his own ministry&#39;s report the fugitive had been seized.
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'Stark inconsistencies' emerged in evidence about the death of an Iraqi detainee. Now the MoD is being pressed for answers.
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Confusion still surrounds reports hostage Ken Bigley tried to flee his captors shortly before he was beheaded.
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Iraq is scrambling to confirm whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the run has been captured, after a day of government confusion with top officials making contradictory statements.
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Britain yesterday ruled out negotiating with the abductors of a Briton in Iraq, despite a desperate plea for help from the hostage.
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France was torn between hope and doubt about its two hostages in Iraq on Wednesday after a purported French negotiator announced their imminent release but officials insisted they knew nothing about his ...
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LONDON -- The European Union threw its weight behind Britain yesterday in a dispute with Russia over its refusal to extradite a man suspected of killing a former KGB agent in London last year.
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Gordon Brown, the man waiting in the shadows to become Britain's next prime minister, is something of a paradox.
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Britain is awaiting the findings from a technical analysis of what a group of diplomats saw at the site of a huge explosion in North Korea last week, the minister for East Asia said.
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London, Sept. 23 (NNN): Britain has ruled out negotiations with militants holding a British man in Iraq, after the hostage made a video appeal to Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life.
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Iraqi officials struggled today to clear up confusion over whether the most wanted member of Saddam Husseinâs ousted dictatorship had been captured in a shoot-out north of Baghdad.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was recovering Saturday after successfully undergoing treatment to correct an irregular heartbeat -- but speculation mounted about who will succeed him.
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Iraq is attempting to confirm whether a top aide to Saddam Hussein is on the run or has been captured. Government officials have been making contradictory statements over the fate of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat early Thursday morning reignited the debate over the future of Israel and the Palestinians worldwide, but even locally residents admitted an answer remains elusive.
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The family of a British hostage in Iraq wait for news after his captors reportedly repeat a threat to kill him.