Terrorism ; Deadline passes, fate of Chinese unknown
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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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: Chinese engineers have stopped work on a dam project in a Pakistani tribal region over fears for their safety following the kidnapping of two colleagues by al-Qaida-linked abductors, an official said today.
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Investor's Business Daily - There might come a day when U.S. investors don't have a hopeless crush on Chinese stocks, but that day won't come soon.
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Chinese Uighurs who have been imprisoned for the past month at a new state-of-the-art detention camp at  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are being held around the clock in near-total isolation, a circumstance their lawyers say is rapidly degrading their mental health, according to an affidavit filed in federal court yesterday....
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TOKYO - The Japanese government was trying to confirm Friday if a body believed to be of an Asian person reportedly found in northern Iraq is that of a Japanese traveler held hostage in Iraq after the kidnappers&#39; 48-hour deadline for beheading him
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August 31: Car blows up outside a Moscow subway stop, killing at least 10 people. Federal Security Services blame a female suicide bomber, according to news reports.
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UNITED NATIONS - China on Friday welcomed a Russian draft resolution to draw up a new list of terror suspects who would be subject to extradition in a stepped-up global campaign against terrorism. But the United States and France eyed the plan with a measure of caution...
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The fate of two abducted French journalists in Iraq is the main focus of Tuesday's press. German papers look ahead gloomily to today's three-way summit meeting in Russia, while a Russian paper finds a novel way to claim Olympic victory.
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Electrial problems. Unexpected stops. And a suicide bomber's strike. Inside Cheney's troubled Asia trip.
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PESHAWAR (Pakistan) - Militants holding two Chinese engineers in a rugged tribal area near the Afghan border have threatened to kill them unless Pakistan releases Al-Qaeda detainees, a security official said yesterday.
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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 PAKISTANI tribal leader linked to al-Qaeda agreed to negotiate over the fate of two Chinese hostages today after allowing a deadline for a threatened execution to pass.
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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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New York leaders urge Congress to extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. Plus: RIM Restates past earnings and AMD misses the mark.
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The government was seized with anxiety for a short period Friday when it was reported that the body of an Asian was found in a northern Iraqi city only hours after the passing of a 48-hour deadline for the life of a Japanese traveler being held hostage by