Pak fails to release hostages
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ISLAMABAD, Oct. 13. âEfforts to secure the release of two Chinese engineers abducted by pro-Al-Qaida Pakistani militants failed for the second time today as their leader refused to meet the tribal negotiators sent by the government.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain appealed on Thursday  to kidnappers holding a hostage in Iraq to make contact but  ruled out doing a deal as Prime Minister Tony Blair failed to  shift the country's focus off the divisive war.
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THE British and Iraqi governments have refused to bow to the demands of kidnappers threatening to kill a British captive, despite a desperate video message from the hostage.
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Afghan militants have hinted they might release a Filipino hostage, one of three UN workers kidnapped last week, as his country has no troops in Afghanistan.
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Despite unproductive talks and failure to meet the kidnapers&#39; demand for the last over two weeks, Afghan government is still hopeful to secure the safe release of three UN employees
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Pakistan rejected as &quot;politicking&quot; a US official's weekend claim that Osama bin Laden was close to being captured.
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A delegation of Pakistani tribesmen has met the head of a group of al Qaeda-linked militants holding two Chinese engineers hostage, but failed to secure their release, a member of the delegation says.
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The employer of two Chinese engineers kidnapped in Pakistan was hopeful they would be released as their abductors were targeting neither the company nor Chinese, a spokesman for the firm said on Monday.
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Kidnappers of two Chinese engineers have demanded the release of two militants held by Pakistani security forces, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid said.
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Militants holding Alan Johnston says he will not be freed until their demands are met.
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The British and Iraqi governments said on Thursday they would not bow to the demands of militants threatening to kill a British captive, despite a video message from the hostage pleading for his life.
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Pakistani forces pounded suspected Islamic militants with helicopter gunships and mortar fire on Friday, but have failed to find the mastermind of the kidnapping this month of two Chinese engineers.
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CHAGMALAI, Pakistan  - Islamic militants holding  two Chinese engineers hostage in Pakistan threatened to kill  one on Monday unless security forces ended a siege of their  hideout, a tactic the interior minister said had echoes of  Iraq.
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The fate of three UN workers held hostage in Afghanistan remains unclear nearly two weeks after suspected Islamic militants abducted them.
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Pakistani military denies any truce has been agreed after Taliban fighters call halt to operations near Afghan border
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Close to 300 Pakistani soldiers and officers have been held captive for four days after they were seized by pro-Taliban militants.
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Pakistan&#39;s army, backed by artillery and helicopter gunships, has demolished several &quot;terrorist hideouts&quot; and killed up to 40 militants in a major operation - but failed to capture a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of targeting security forces in a