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'Bigley beheaded'

DUBAI, OCT. 8. A militant group led by the Al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has beheaded the British hostage Kenneth Bigley in Iraq, Abu Dhabi Television said today, quoting `informed' sources in Iraq.

The 62-year-old engineer was kidnapped in Baghdad on September 16 by the Tawhid and Jihad Group.

``We have learned from informed sources in the Iraqi capital that the kidnappers of Kenneth Bigley have killed him,'' an Abu Dhabi newscaster said.

Iraqi Interior Ministry officials in Baghdad said they had no information on the report.

Air strike in Fallujah

American warplanes struck a building in rebel-held Fallujah where the U.S. command said leaders of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror network were meeting early on Friday.

A doctor said the attack killed 13 persons, including a groom on his wedding night, and wounded 17 others.

The attack came despite signs of progress in negotiations to bring Iraqi Government forces back into Fallujah for the first time in months.

— AP

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