Iraq group sets 10-day deadline for German hostage
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Iraqi militants said Germany had 10 days  to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or they would kill a  German-Iraqi hostage, a video posted on the Internet said on  Tuesday.
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An Iraqi insurgent group threatened to kill a German woman and her son unless Germany withdraws its troops from Afghanistan within 10 days, pan-Arab television stations reported on Saturday.
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Kabul - Militants holding three United Nations workers hostage in Afghanistan extended the deadline for their execution to late Wednesday, saying they wanted to allow more time for negotiations.
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Afghan kidnappers who threatened to kill three UN workers they abducted extended the deadline on their demands after the Afghan government said it would respond to them tomorrow, Reuters reported, citing a spokesman for the group.
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DUBAI, SEPTEMBER 6: An Iraqi group purportedly holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline for their demands to be met.
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London - An Iraqi militant group is expected to negotiate for the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley, who was seized by Islamic fundamentalists in Baghdad two weeks ago, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Relatives pleaded for the lives of  eight Chinese hostages in Iraq as a deadline set by their  captors neared on Thursday, and the U.S. military said a  Brazilian was also missing following an insurgent attack.
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A Taliban splinter group claiming to be holding three foreign UN workers hostage has said it has extended the deadline for their threatened execution at the request of the Afghan government.
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Japan sought international help on  Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less  than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead  him unless Tokyo withdraws its troops.
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Families of eight Chinese hostages in  Iraq pleaded on Thursday for their release as a deadline set by  their captors neared, and Japan said it was checking reports  one of its citizens had been kidnapped.
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A fresh deadline passed tonight for the end of negotiations with a group threatening to kill a Northern Irish UN worker and two of her colleagues held hostage in Afghanistan.
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Japan sought international help on Thursday for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq, with less than 24 hours to go for a deadline set by his captors to behead him unless Tokyo withdraws its troops.
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An Iraqi group which claims it is holding  an Italian journalist kidnapped in Iraq said Monday it would  release her soon because she was not a spy, a statement on an  Islamist Web site said.
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Iraqi kidnappers have released 10 Turkish hostages they had held for over a month after their Turkish employer said it would leave Iraq, Al Jazeera television said on Sunday.
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Iraqi kidnappers have released 10 Turkish  hostages they had held for over a month after their Turkish  employer said it would leave Iraq, Al Jazeera television said  on Sunday.
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Dubai - An Iraqi militant group said it had kidnapped 10 people, including two Indonesian women, and demanded that their company cut contacts with foreign forces in Iraq, Al Jazeera television reported on Thursday.
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MILITANTS holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan offered today to consider extending a three-day deadline for their beheading.