The family of a British man being held hostage in Iraq are hopeful he may still be released unharmed.
An Iraqi group took Kenneth Bigley and said they would kill him unless all female prisoners in Iraq were freed.
Only two women are thought to be held by US-backed authorities in Iraq, and now the government there has said they are planning to let one of them out.
But the US, who are holding the women in one of their jails, say they have no plans to release either of them.
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