Hostages
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Japan condemns new video, not yet verifying it's of hostages
World | Jan 24, 2015, 10:54 PM ISTTokyo: Japanese officials said today they were investigating a new online message purporting to be from the extremist Islamic State group about the two Japanese hostages it holds.The purported message claimed one hostage has been
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A look at Japan and 2 hostages being held by Islamic State group
World | Jan 23, 2015, 11:57 AM ISTTokyo: Two Japanese men have been threatened with death by the Islamic State group if their government doesn't pay a huge ransom. A look at hostages and Japan, and its interests in the Middle East:WHO
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Hostages in Philippines plead for their lives
World | Sep 30, 2014, 06:23 AM ISTManila: 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
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Kenya mall attack: Al Shabab claims, 137 killed in massacre
World | Sep 25, 2013, 05:13 PM ISTNairobi, Kenya: The militant group behind the takeover of a Nairobi mall claimed Wednesday that Kenyan government assault team carried out “a demolition” of the building, burying 137 hostages in rubble. A government spokesman denied
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Kenya mall massacre: Survivors give chilling accounts of Al Shabab terrorists killing innocents, mutilating bodies
World | Sep 23, 2013, 01:18 PM ISTNairobi: Even as the Somalian terror group Al Shabab posted 15 names online of its "brave" fighters, the survivors of the world's deadliest shopping mall siege gave disturbing accounts of how the terrorists killed and
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31 hostages killed in Algeria rescue operation
World | Jan 19, 2013, 07:40 PM ISTAlgiers, Jan 19: As many as 31 workers, including 19 foreign nationals, who were taken hostage by an armed group in a gas field in Algeria, have been killed since the beginning of the Algerian
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34 hostages, 15 kidnappers killed in Algeria raid
World | Jan 18, 2013, 09:07 AM ISTLondon, Jan 18: Algerian army helicopters Thursday fired at a petroleum facility where over 40 Western hostages were being held, leaving at least 34 hostages and 15 kidnappers dead, media reports said.The British Petroleum (BP)
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Somali Pirates Release 22 Hostages Including 6 Indians
World | Jun 13, 2011, 10:12 PM ISTKarachi, Jun 13: Somali pirates today released 22 crew members, including six Indians and four Pakistanis, of a hijacked merchant vessel after ransom was paid to them, leading rights activist Ansar Burney said. The pirates