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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The kidnappers of an American-French journalist in Iraq have threatened to execute him within 48 hours unless US forces withdraw from the holy city of Najaf.
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Video posted Tuesday on a militant Islamic Web site showed what it claimed was a Japanese captive kidnapped by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group and threatened to behead him within 48 hours unless Japan pulls its troops from Iraq. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi rejected the demand.
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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.
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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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The threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages as their Islamic militant captors' 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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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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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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A group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi said it would behead a member of Japan's forces it  had abducted in Iraq if the Japanese government did not  withdraw its forces from the country within 48 hours.
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TOKYO Japanese leaders are struggling to make contact with Islamic militants in Iraq holding a Japanese traveler hostage. The Japanese government says it has few details on the kidnapping of the 24-year-old tourist.
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US troops vowed yesterday to seize total control of Fallujah within 48 hours, as kidnappers threatened to kill at least two members of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s family unless the assault was stopped.
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Baghdad, Nov 03 - The kidnappers of aid worker Margaret Hassan threatened to turn her over to al-Qaida-linked militants notorious for beheading hostages unless Britain agreed within 48 hours to pull its troops from Iraq, Al-Jazeera television reported.
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The kidnappers of Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan today threatened to hand her over to the Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi unless their demands - including the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq - are met 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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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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A group led by Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said it would behead a member of Japan&#39;s forces it had captured in Iraq if the Japanese government did not withdraw its forces from the country within 48 hours.
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Japan insisted it would not bow to the demands of Islamic militants in Iraq who threatened to behead a young Japanese unless Tokyo withdraws its troops from the country within 48 hours.