LIVERPOOL—Britain ruled out negotiations with the abductors of a British hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a desperate plea for help from the hostage.

In a video released by his captors, Kenneth Bigley, 62, made a direct appeal to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to save his life, saying “I don’t want to die, I don’t deserve to die.”

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