Pakistanis Rescue Hostage; 2nd Dies
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KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct. 14 -- A Chinese engineer was killed and a colleague was rescued Thursday when Pakistani commandos stormed a mud-walled compound in a remote tribal region near Afghanistan, killing five Muslim militants who had held the men hostage, authorities said.
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An al-Qaida-linked group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed Tuesday to have killed the second of two American hostages &#151; back-to-back slayings that have notched up the Jordanian militant's ruthless campaign of terror.
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A militant group headed by al Qaeda ally  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has killed a second American captive in  Iraq after the lapse of a 24-hour deadline on Tuesday, Arabic  television channel Al Jazeera said.
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BAGHDAD - Al Qaeda-linked militants said they had killed a second American hostage and threatened to kill a Briton unless women prisoners in Iraq were freed.
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Security forces in Pakistan killed five kidnappers as they tried to rescue two Chinese engineers. Officials say one of the hostages died during the rescue while his companion received minor injuries.
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CHAGMALAI, Pakistan -- Pakistani special forces attacked kidnappers holding two Chinese engineers near the Afghan border yesterday, killing all five of the Al Qaeda-linked militants, who were followers of a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner. One of the hostages was killed in the raid, while the other survived.
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An American hostage in Iraq has been  killed by his captors, who say they also will kill a second  American and a Briton they are holding, a message on an  Islamist Web site said Monday.
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There are reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley was killed after he attempted to flee his captors in Iraq.
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An American hostage in Iraq has been killed by his captors, who say they will also kill a second American and a Briton they are holding, a message on an Islamist Web site said Monday.
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Pakistan will hunt down a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who masterminded the abduction of two Chinese engineers, one of whom died after a rescue operation in which
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A second US hostage is reported killed in Iraq, heightening fears for fellow captive, Briton Ken Bigley.
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A bomb explosion in Pakistan's troubled Balochistan province kills at least two people, police say.
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Kenneth Bigley, along with two Americans, was taken hostage last week. The two Americans have been beheaded. A posting on an Islamic website claims that the civil engineer has been killed.
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Officials in Pakistan say two Chinese engineers working on a power dam project have been kidnapped. Officials say the two men and their Pakistani security guards were abducted early Saturday near Tank, a remote
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Pakistani security forces have killed a gunman who officials say may be a key al-Qaeda leader and the country&#39;s most wanted man.
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Al Qaeda-linked militants said they had  killed a second American hostage and threatened to kill a  Briton unless women prisoners in Iraq were freed.
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One of the Chinese engineers held hostage by militants in a Pakistani tribal region was killed and another was freed with injuries Thursday, Xinhua news agency quoted Chinese embassy sources as saying.