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  US aid worker's parents plead for his release

  World | Oct 05, 2014, 07:21 AM IST

  Indianapolis: The parents of a U.S. man threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group are pleading with his captors to free him, saying in a video statement on Saturday that their son has devoted

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  Hostages in Philippines plead for their lives

  World | Sep 30, 2014, 06:23 AM IST

  Manila: Two German hostages held by the Philippine Islamic group Abu Sayyaf appealed for their lives on Monday, urging authorities in Berlin to pay a ransom and withdraw support from the international military operation against