Kenji Goto
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Global news organizations urge safety plan for freelancers
World | Feb 13, 2015, 07:14 AM ISTNew York: Global journalism organizations are urging protections for freelance and local correspondents as they face increasingly deadly dangers in the field, with the beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto by Islamic State extremists the
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Slain Japanese hostage's four year old tweet goes viral
World | Feb 03, 2015, 04:49 PM ISTTokyo: A tweet by Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, who was recently beheaded by terrorist group ISIS has gone viral. The four year old tweet spreading message of peace has been retweeted more than 30,000 times.The
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PM Modi condemns killing of Japanese hostages by ISIS
India | Feb 02, 2015, 02:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned the “gruesome” killing of two Japanese nationals by ISIS, a day after the terror group claimed the hostages had been beheaded.Modi, in a tweet, termed the
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Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded
World | Feb 02, 2015, 09:59 AM ISTTokyo: The wife of slain Japanese hostage Kenji Goto said Monday she was devastated but proud of her husband, who was beheaded by Islamic State extremists.In a statement issued through the British-based journalist group Rory
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Japan mourns Kenji Goto as caring and courageous reporter
World | Feb 01, 2015, 03:23 PM ISTTokyo: Whether in tsunami-stricken northeastern Japan or conflict-ridden Sierra Leone, the stories of the vulnerable, the children and the poor drove the work of journalist Kenji Goto.The news of his purported killing by Islamic State
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Islamic State beheads Japanese hostage Kenji Goto
World | Feb 01, 2015, 07:59 AM ISTAmman, Jordan: An online video released Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.The video, released on militant
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Japan outraged as IS video purportedly shows hostage Goto beheaded
World | Feb 01, 2015, 07:45 AM ISTTokyo: Japan condemned with outrage and horror on Sunday an online video that purported to show an Islamic State group militant beheading Japanese journalist Kenji Goto.The video posted on militant websites late Saturday Middle East
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Japan attempting to verify new IS audio's authenticity
World | Jan 29, 2015, 01:34 PM ISTTokyo: Japan's foreign ministry was Thursday desperately trying to verify the authenticity of the another audio message purportedly from the Japanese hostage Kenji Goto who has been held by the Islamic State (IS) group, Xinhua
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Jordan ready to swap inmate for pilot held by Islamic State
World | Jan 28, 2015, 06:20 PM ISTAmman, Jordan: Jordan said Wednesday it is willing to swap an Iraqi woman held on death row in Jordan for a Jordanian pilot captured in December by extremists from the Islamic State group.The statement by
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Barack Obama slams IS murder of Japanese hostage
World | Jan 25, 2015, 07:10 AM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama strongly denounced the murder of a Japanese citizen by the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group and called for the release of other hostages."The US strongly condemns the brutal murder of
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Japan readies for deadline set by Islamic State for hostages
World | Jan 23, 2015, 11:32 AM ISTTokyo: The deadline to pay a ransom for two Japanese hostages of the Islamic State group or risk their execution loomed Friday, without any signs of progress on securing their release.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe convened