Arafat to Lobby for British Hostage Release
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Palestinian President Yasser Arafat is  to lobby for the release of Kenneth Bigley, the British  engineer held hostage in Iraq, Irish and Palestinian officials  said on Tuesday.
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The Arab news network Al-Jazeera on Wednesday broadcast footage of British hostage Kenneth Bigley pleading to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to work for his release.
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Ramallah (West Bank) Oct. 28 : Ailing leader Yasser Arafat, the icon of the struggle for a Palestinian state, has agreed to be flown to France tomorrow for medical treatment, Palestinian officials said.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has ordered his security services to help secure the release of a CNN producer kidnapped by Palestinian militants in Gaza.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 28  - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has ordered his security services to help secure the release of a CNN producer kidnapped by Palestinian militants in Gaza, his office said Tuesday.
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Senior deputies to the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, who is critically ill in France, are due to fly to Paris today to get first-hand information on his condition.
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The families of five Britons kidnapped in Iraq in May appealed Thursday to their captors for their release, as Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was &quot;deeply concerned&quot; for them.
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London - Prime Minister Tony Blair is doing &quot;everything he possibly can&quot; to save the British engineer kidnapped in Iraq, Blair&#39;s deputy said on Tuesday as the hostage&#39;s family took encouragement from an offer of help by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.
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Lawyers for a British resident incarcerated in Cuba are to press Jack Straw to secure his release.
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Seriously ill Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Thursday prepared to fly to France for treatment for a blood disorder as fears grew for the icon of the Palestinian struggle for statehood.
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The family of British engineer Kenneth Bigley, held hostage in Iraq for more than two weeks, has asked Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi to help secure his release, they said.
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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinian Authority were engaged in intensive efforts Tuesday morning to secure the release of an Israeli Druze employee of CNN who was kidnapped by masked men in Gaza City.
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Senior Palestinian officials hope to see Yasser Arafat in a French hospital on Tuesday after traveling to Paris despite a war of words with the Palestinian president's wife.
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LIVERPOOL, England : Britain&#39;s leading Muslim organisation dispatched two envoys to Iraq, hoping to help secure the release of a British engineer taken hostage by extremists eight days ago.
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The Muslim community of Foreign Secretary Jack Strawâs constituency is taking to the streets tomorrow to campaign for more action to save Kenneth Bigley, the British engineer taken hostage in Iraq.
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With Yasser Arafat fighting for his life in a French hospital, his top lieutenants will fly to Paris for consultations with his doctors, a senior official said Sunday, as Palestinian
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Arriving in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday he would press both sides to take steps to enable Palestinians to elect a legitimate successor to Yasser Arafat.