Tribal elders again fail to secure release of Chinese engineers
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The efforts to secure the release of two Chinese engineers failed for second time on Wednesday as leaders of the militants, holding hostages in Pakistan tribal region, have
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Families of eight Chinese labourers held hostage by militants in Iraq plead for their release.
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Two Chinese engineers kidnapped in Pakistan are being held by al Qaeda-linked militants who have threatened to blow up their captives and themselves if security forces try to free the pair, officials said on Sunday.
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By Gideon Long BAGHDAD  - Relatives pleaded for the lives ofeight Chinese hostages in Iraq as a deadline set by theircaptors neared on Thursday, and the U.S. military said aBrazilian was also missing following an insurgent attack.
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Two Chinese engineers went missing Saturday in a remote Pakistani tribal region near the border with Afghanistan and may have been kidnapped, police said.
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Talks aimed at freeing two Chinese engineers taken hostage by al-Qaeda-linked militants in a lawless region near the Afghanistan border have broken down and tribal elders
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Two Chinese engineers working at a hydro-electric project in Pakistan have been kidnapped in a region where security forces have been hunting militants linked to al Qaeda, officials said Saturday.
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[World News]: Islamabad, Oct 9 : Two Chinese engineers working on a dam project in Pakistan were abducted Saturday. President Pervez Musharraf described the abduction of engineers Zoang Bung and Wang Tang
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SHANGHAI - U.S. officials earlier this month denied visas to four representatives of a group developing China's WAPI (Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) security protocol for wireless networks, raising questions in China about the U.S. government's commitment to greater Chinese involvement in setting technical standards.
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Around 100 Pakistani soldiers remained stranded in a remote tribal region near the Afghan border on Friday amid a dispute between Islamic militants and tribesmen, officials said.
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China on Friday denied there had been a new stand-off between residents and authorities in a troubled village where police opened fire on demonstrators protesting against a controversial power plant two years ago.
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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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MILITANTS holding two Chinese engineers in Pakistan&#39;s rugged tribal area have threatened to kill them unless al-Qaeda detainees are released, a security official said today.
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World News &gt; Islamabad, Oct 11 : Pakistan today described the abduction of two Chinese engineers by Al Qaeda-linked militants in the tribal South Waziristan agency bordering Afghanistan as a &quot;serious incident&quot; and said it was taking all measures for their
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Widespread tribal disputes still lead to bad information, frustrating both US Marines and Afghan villagers.
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ISLAMABAD - Fourteen tribal leaders trying to help Pakistani forces organise the surrender of Al Qaeda-linked militants in a remote region near the Afghan border have been killed, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
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ISLAMABAD - One of two Chinese engineers held hostage was rescued while the other died of gunshot wounds after Pakistani commandos raided a house near the Afghan border yesterday.