JAPANESE HOSTAGE DEADLINE PASSES
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The deadline set by Islamic militants for the beheading of a Japanese hostage unless their demands were met has passed with no news of the man&#39;s fate.
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TOKYO - Japan sought international help Wednesday to secure the release of a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq and pledged to do its utmost to gain his freedom after refusing to bow to the kidnappers&#39; threat to behead him unless Japan withdraws its
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The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages on Sunday extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours to 10:30 a.m. EDT on Monday.
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threat by a militant group to behead a Japanese hostage within 48 hours unless Tokyo pulls its forces out. &quot;We cannot tolerate terrorism and we will not give in to terrorism,&quot; Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.
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A deadline set by militants who have threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton seized in Iraq was due to expire Monday, and more than two dozen other hostages were also facing death unless rebel demands were met.
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Year-end deadline to give full account of nuclear weapons under a disarmament-for-aid deal passes
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The latest deadline set by the kidnappers of Annetta Flanigan from Co Armagh, and two other UN workers in Afghanistan, has expired.
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Japan is racing against the clock to secure the release of a young Japanese man kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq, with less than 24 hours to go before a deadline for his execution.
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The Islamic militant group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi said in a video shown on the Internet it had taken a Japanese citizen hostage in Iraq and threatened to execute him if Tokyo does not withdraw its troops from Iraq in 48 hours.
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BAGHDAD : The threat of death hung over a Briton and two American hostages as a 48-hour deadline set by their militant captors for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees ran out.
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Japan&#39;s prime minister today refused to bend to demands by militants who have taken a Japanese civilian hostage in Iraq and threatened to behead him unless Tokyo withdraws its soldiers.
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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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A Japanese hostage has been beheaded in Iraq, Japanese officials said on Sunday, but Tokyo vowed it would keep its troops in the country on their reconstruction mission.
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The Islamic militant group of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi reportedly claims to have taken a Japanese citizen hostage in Iraq. In a video shown on the Internet, the group threatens to execute him if Tokyo does not withdraw its troops from Iraq in 48 hours.
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THE threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages last night as their Islamic militant captors&#39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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A Japanese minister arrived in Jordan on  Thursday to seek the release of a hostage in Iraq, less than 24  hours before a deadline set by his captors, who have threatened  to behead the youth unless Japan withdraws its troops.
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The Afghan militant group holding three  U.N. workers hostage on Friday extended their deadline until  Saturday night to allow the Afghan government and the United  Nations to hold talks with them, a spokesman for the group  said.