text: British hostage pleads for his life as US officials rule out &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; A British hostage appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site Wednesday weeping and pleading for his life as Iraq #39;s leader and US 
inputs: British hostage pleads for his life as US officials rule out &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; A British hostage appeared on a video posted on an Islamic Web site Wednesday weeping and pleading for his life as Iraq #39;s leader and US 