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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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  Slain American journalist Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen

  World | September 04, 2014 11:46 IST

  Jerusalem: Israel has confirmed that slain American journalist Steven Sotloff was also an Israeli citizen, while President Barack Obama vowed to build a coalition to ‘degrade and destroy' the extremist group that carried out the

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  US says Steven Sotloff's beheading video is authentic

  World | September 03, 2014 14:43 IST

  Washington: The United States said Wednesday that a video showing the beheading of a second U.S. journalist by Islamic State militants is authentic.Islamic State extremists on Tuesday released the video showing freelance reporter Steven Sotloff's

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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