Rebels threaten to kill kidnapped election workers
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped three foreign election workers in Afghanistan told news agencies Saturday that the hostages would be killed unless all Taliban
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Several Iraqi militant groups have threatened to execute more than 20 hostages, including three Americans and 18 Iraqi soldiers, unless their demands are met before deadlines.
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KABUL - A breakaway Taleban group claiming to hold three UN workers threatened Saturday to execute them unless foreign troops withdrew from Afghanistan and condemned its âinvasionâ by US-led forces.
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Afghan militants holding three UN workers threatened Sunday to kill their hostages if their demands were not met within three days.
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Death threats have chased away four elections officials in Mosul, stalling preparations for the vote in the northern city. Insurgents have torched election materials and a militant group believed to operate in Mosul has warned Iraqis not to participate in the election.
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The killing of the cleric and the kidnappings of 15 Iraqi guardsmen highlighted the fearsome tactics Iraqi guerrillas have employed to disrupt the upcoming election.
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BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government pledged yesterday to do everything in its power to protect voters from insurgent attacks during this month's national elections, as militants announced they had killed 15 captive Iraqi National Guardsmen for cooperating with the Americans.
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Afghan warlords are involved in intimidation which could threaten October's elections, Human Rights Watch says.
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A brazen attack in the heart of Baghdad with rebels executing election workers in cold blood was a chilling reminder of the deteriorating security situation in the capital ahead of parliamentary elections on January 30.
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Militants holding three UN workers hostage in Afghanistan have said they will give officials until Friday to meet their demands. The group had previously suggested it would start killing the hostages on Wednesday
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Militants claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of three foreign United Nations elections workers said Monday that they had separated the hostages to prevent
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Insurgents threatening to kill three kidnapped UN workers said Sunday they have handed over a list of 26 prisoners, some possibly held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who they would take in exchange for the hostages.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Iraqi prime minister insisted Sunday that the raging insurgency - which has claimed 300 lives in the last week alone and resulted in a wave of kidnappings - will not delay January elections, promising the vote will strike a "major blow" against the violent opposition.    Meanwhile, a grisly videotape posted on a Web site showed the beheading of three hostages believed to be Iraqi Kurds accused by militants of cooperating with U.S...
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Election workers and U.S.-trained security troops have become Iraq's most hunted, facing slaughter by insurgents out to ruin this month's landmark vote.
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A rebel faction in the troubled Darfur region in Sudan Saturday threatened to target international humanitarian workers and African observers in the area.
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Militants threaten to execute three Western hostages unless all female Iraqi prisoners are set free.
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Insurgents in Iraq threatened Saturday  to kill 13 hostages, including two Americans and a Briton, and  staged car bomb attacks killing 23 people in Kirkuk and two  U.S. soldiers near Baghdad.