Militants threaten to behead Japanese hostage in 48 hours unless ...
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A militant Islamic website showed a video Tuesday of what it claimed was a Japanese hostage, and threatened to behead him within 48 hours unless Japan pulls out its troops from Iraq, the Associated Press reported.
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Japan's government was still in the dark  about a Japanese held hostage in Iraq on Thursday, less than 24  hours before a deadline set by his captors, who have threatened  to behead the young man unless Japan withdraws its troops.
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Kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan tonight threatened to turn her over to militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless Britain pulls its troops out of Iraq within 48 hours.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi  said Wednesday he would not withdraw troops from Iraq despite a  threat by a militant group to behead a Japanese hostage within  48 hours unless Tokyo pulled its forces out.
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The threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages as their Islamic militant captors&#39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire on Monday.
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BAGHDAD, 19 September 2004 - Kidnappers of two Americans and a Briton yesterday threatened to behead them unless Iraqi women held at two American-controlled detention facilities were freed within 48 hours.
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Suspected Al-Qaeda operative Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi's group has threatened to execute two Americans and a Briton it is holding unless Iraqi women prisoners are freed within 48 hours, according to a video aired by Al-Jazeera television which showed the captives blindfolded.
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Gunmen holding the kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan have threatened to hand her over to the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi if their demands are not met within 48 hours.
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A previously unknown group has threatened to kill 18 captured Iraqi soldiers if authorities do not release an aide to Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr within 48 hours.
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Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's  militant group threatened to behead a Japanese hostage it said  worked with Japan's forces in Iraq if Tokyo did not withdraw  its troops from the country within 48 hours.
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Iraqi militants holding two French journalists have reportedly set a 48-hour deadline for their new demands to be met, including payment of a five-million-dollar ransom.
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Japan sought international and Iraqi help  for a Japanese man held hostage in Iraq on Thursday, less than  24 hours before a deadline set by his captors to behead him  unless Japan withdraws its troops.
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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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Japan raced against the clock yesterday to free a young Japanese hostage in Iraq but had little reason for hope less than a day before the deadline set by al-Qaida-linked militants for his killing.
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A militant group in Iraq claims to be holding a Japanese citizen and gives Tokyo 48 hours to withdraw troops.
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The group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, which has claimed the gruesome killing of foreign hostages in Iraq, threatened to execute two Americans and a Briton it is holding unless Iraqi women prisoners are freed within 48 hours.
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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.