Hostage agony takes toll on family
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Desperate but unanswered pleas to release a British hostage threatened with death in Iraq have taken their toll on his family and put pressure on UK Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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By Gideon Long BAGHDAD  - Relatives pleaded for the lives ofeight Chinese hostages in Iraq as a deadline set by theircaptors neared on Thursday, and the U.S. military said aBrazilian was also missing following an insurgent attack.
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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.
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THE family of murdered British hostage Ken Bigley faced new anguish today with a sickening video of his beheading being shown on the internet.
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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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LONDON, United Kingdom -- The family of a British engineer held hostage in Iraq made a final desperate appeal to his captors Thursday to &quot;be merciful&quot;, as hopes for his safe release started to fade.
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Animal rights extremists are putting a horrified family through a cruel and macabre ordeal, it emerged yesterday.
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One week after the Beslan school hostage siege ended in tragedy, relatives were still searching for missing loved ones and for answers over how hundreds died in the carnage which Moscow is blaming on a rebel Chechen leader.
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A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held ...
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âPlease help me. Please help me,â said a terrified Hassan, breaking down in tears and burying her face in a tissue. She said she might be killed like British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was beheaded by his captors earlier this month.
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq - A weeping British hostage was shown pleading for help between the bars of a makeshift cage in a video that surfaced Wednesday, a sobering reminder of the grim reality for at least 18 foreign captives still held by Iraqi militants.    There is wide speculation that ransoms were paid for the freedom of a dozen hostages, including two Italian aid workers...
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THE fate of kidnapped British aid worker Margaret Hassan hung in the balance last night after her heart wrenching plea for her life stunned the world but triggered little positive response from government.
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Family members of 19 former hostages said Saturday they were worried that their loved ones would be further traumatized by public anger when they come home after six weeks of captivity in Afghanistan.
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The family of British hostage Kenneth Bigley was anxiously awaiting news today after the apparent deadline for his execution in Iraq passed without word of his fate.
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Relatives of the Black Watch soldier who died in an accident during a controversial redeployment of troops in Iraq have said they are &quot;devastated&quot;.
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The last time Alla Gadiyeva saw her first-grade son and mother â-t the violent climax today of Russia&#39;s 53-hour hostage saga â - was helping them to escape.