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Updated on 29 May 2008

The father of one of five Britons held hostage in Iraq has spoken of his shock at his son's capture, and his belief that he will eventually be freed.

It is exactly one year since the Britons, all working as civilian contractors, were kidnapped by armed militants at the Iraqi Ministry of Finance in Baghdad.

Since then, their families have faced an agonising wait to see if they will be freed unharmed.

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