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British Hostage Pleads for Life in Internet Video

Briton Kenneth Bigley, one of three workers kidnapped in Iraq last week, pleads for his life in a video released over the Internet by his captors. Two hostages held with Bigley, Americans Eugene Armstrong and Jack Hensley, have been killed. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

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Peter Kenyon is NPR's international correspondent based in Istanbul, Turkey.
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