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  Villain of the year 2014: Meet Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

  World | December 31, 2014 16:50 IST

  New Delhi: The Villain of the Year 2014 tag definitely goes to Islamic State supremo 43-year-old Iraqi-born Ibrahim Awad al-Badri, also known as Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.In six months, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi turned his little-known militia

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  Free British hostage, Muslim clerics appeal to IS

  World | September 20, 2014 13:46 IST

  London: Two clerics from Britain have made a direct appeal to the Islamic State (IS) to free British hostage Alan Henning.In a YouTube video, Shakeel Begg, Imam at Lewisham Islamic Centre in south London and

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  British hostage's family appeal to IS

  World | September 13, 2014 12:41 IST

  London: The family of a British man being held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants have appealed to his captors to make contact with them, media reported Saturday.A statement from the family of David Haines

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  Another US journalist beheaded? ISIS posts a video of Steven Sotloff

  World | September 03, 2014 10:00 IST

  Beirut: A chilling video of beheading of another American journalist, Steven Sotloff, was Tuesday posted on social media by Syria and Iraq-based terrorist group, Islamic State (IS).American officials said the authenticity of the video is

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  Slain journo James Foley in last message: 'Granny, please take your medicine...'

  World | August 27, 2014 6:54 IST

  Washington: American journalist James Foley had sent a personal message to his family through a fellow hostage who was freed just days before the reporter was decapitated by Islamic State (IS) jihadis in Syria."Granny, please

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  How James Foley yearned for freedom, slain journo's last letter reveals captive emotions

  World | August 25, 2014 21:04 IST

  Evaston: The parents of slain journalist and New Hampshire native James Foley have released a letter they say their son wrote during his time in captivity.Foley was kidnapped in 2012 while covering the Syrian uprising.

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  Islamic State biggest threat to Journalists: Scribe panel

  World | August 21, 2014 21:49 IST

  Cairo: Following the beheading of US reporter James Foley, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has warned that the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation operating in Syria and Iraq is one of the biggest

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  Conflict Zone: Journalists killing is latest in bloody trend

  World | August 22, 2014 7:56 IST

  New Delhi: From arrests to beheadings, conflict reporting takes harsh toll on journalists and the murder of James Foley is the latest in a long, bloody trend.He was forced to read propaganda celebrating the extremists

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  US admits failure to rescue journalist in Syria

  World | August 21, 2014 9:36 IST

  Washington: The US had recently attempted to rescue a number of American hostages, including slain journalist James Foley held in Syria by the Islamic State, but the mission failed, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said

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  Entire world appalled by brutal murder of James Foley: Obama

  World | August 21, 2014 6:35 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama today said the entire world is appalled by the brutal murder of American journalist James Foley by ISIL militants, and added that the Iraq-based terrorist group speaks for no religion

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  American journalist execution video 'authentic': White House

  World | August 20, 2014 22:25 IST

  Washington: The disturbing video released by jihadist militants showing American journalist James Foley being brutally executed is authentic, the White House said today.The video released by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also

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  IS claims beheading US journalist

  World | August 20, 2014 12:45 IST

  Damascus: The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed beheading a US journalist who had gone missing in Syria nearly two years ago, a media report said on Wednesday.The Sunni militant group has released a video