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For military bases too small to keep blimp-like aerostats, the U.S. Army is testing "Helikites," a half-kite, half-blimp aircraft for low-level surveillance.
The European Court of Human Rights rejected an appeal Tuesday by three British convicted killers who challenged sentences that mean they will die in prison.
The kidnappers of British computer expert Peter Moore are using the body of one of his bodyguards as a bargaining chip, a source tells The Times of London.
The British hostage released this week by his Iraqi captors said Iran was not involved in his kidnapping.
U.S. Gen. David Petraeus says he suspects five British nationals, including freed hostage Peter Moore, were held in Iran, not Iraq where they were abducted.
The release of British hostage Peter Moore from Iraq raises hope that a Scottish man kidnapped with Moore is alive, the wife of the Scottish detainee said.
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday a British national held hostage in Iraq since 2007 has been freed by his captors.
A body believed to be one of the five British hostages kidnapped in Baghdad two years ago has been handed over to Iraqi officials, British diplomats say.
The United States military in Iraq plans to release hundreds of detainees linked to a Shia extremist group that kidnapped five British men two years ago.
Former hostage Terry Waite says he understands why the father of one of the British men held captive in Iraq has expressed anger at the government.
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