Tribesmen seek release of Chinese
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Tribal leaders in a remote area of Pakistan are trying to negotiate the release of two Chinese hostages. The engineers were abducted on Saturday along with two Pakistanis in South Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan.
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Tribal elders were in talks with al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan on Monday over the fate of two kidnapped Chinese engineers after an extended deadline to kill one hostage passed, a Pakistani official said.
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Insurgents released a video on Tuesday of eight Chinese hostages in Iraq and threatened to kill them in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country.
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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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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 believed to be linked to al Qaeda are threatening to kill two Chinese engineers unless several al Qaeda members held by Pakistan are released, according to officials in the country.
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THE 100th birth anniversary of China&#39;s late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, which falls today, has been used by influential party elders to put pressure on former president Jiang Zemin to fully relinquish authority to his successor Hu Jintao.
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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.
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ISLAMABAD : 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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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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Militants in Pakistan who kidnapped two Chinese engineers have threatened to kill them unless Pakistan releases detained Al Qaeda suspects, a security official said.
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Chinese authorities have told senior  religious leaders in a Tibetan area to urge the faithful to  show more support for a top monk anointed by Beijing and on  whom the future of the restive region may ride.
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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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: 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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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan will provide extra security to Chinese nationals working in the country and hunt down a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who masterminded the abduction of two Chinese engineers, a minister said on Saturday.
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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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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.