Anxious wait on Western hostages
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Negotiations are held behind the scenes in Iraq to free two Americans and a Briton threatened with beheading.
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South Korean hostages set free by Afghan rebels after six weeks in captivity are likely to receive a mixed homecoming with many awaiting their weekend arrival with relief but also seeing them as largely to blame for their ordeal.
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Relatives of two French reporters held hostage in Iraq waited anxiously on Wednesday for news of their fate after a deadline for Paris to scrap a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools apparently passed without incident.
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KABUL, Nov 16: The latest deadline set by Muslim militants in Afghanistan who threatened to kill three UN hostages passed with no word on their fate on Tuesday, but the government said it was hopeful they would be released.
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British, American and Iraqi authorities were trying last night to secure the freedom of Margaret Hassan, the Irish-born aid worker kidnapped in Baghdad early yesterday.
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Baghdad - A chilling ultimatum to kill two American hostages and a Briton ticked down on Sunday, as Britain and Iraq said they were working closely on efforts to secure their release from al-Qaeda-linked militants.
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The waiting and wondering continued Sunday about the fate of British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, although one Muslim activist says he is still alive.
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Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours. In northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 yesterday.
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Militants threaten to execute three Western hostages unless all female Iraqi prisoners are set free.
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PARIS, Sept 4  - France kept up an anxious vigil Saturday for two journalists held by Islamic militants in Iraq, awaiting fresh news of their fate from their captors.
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THE deadline set by insurgents who have threatened to execute a kidnapped Briton and two Americans ran out last night. The three were among dozens of hostages being held by militant groups.
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Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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Terrorism News, PESHAWAR - A deadline passed yesterday for a threat by an Al Qaeda-linked tribal leader to execute one of two Chinese hostages unless the captors were allowed to flee their besieged base near the Afghan border.
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There is still no confirmation of reports that two Australians working as security guards in Iraq are being held hostage by Islamic extremists.
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France pressed on with efforts to save two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a deadline to rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves in state schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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Militants who have threatened to kill three UN workers abducted in Afghanistan almost three weeks ago appeared to narrow demands for their release on Tuesday and said they would meet later in the day to decide their fate.
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Japan grew more worried on Friday about  the fate of a Japanese hostage in Iraq as time passed after the  expiry of deadline set by his captors to behead him unless  Tokyo withdrew its troops.