Iraqi Kidnappers Demand Release of Militant Indonesian Cleric
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Kidnappers holding two Indonesian women hostages in Iraq are demanding the release of a militant cleric accused of leading a terrorist group in Southeast Asia.
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The Iraqi government said it would release one of the female prisoners whose freedom is being demanded by Islamic militant kidnappers who are threatening to kill a third Western hostage.
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Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the US presence in Iraq.
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A militant group claiming to have kidnapped two Indonesian women demanded Jakarta free a Muslim cleric accused of heading an al-Qaida-linked group, the Arab news station Al-Jazeera reported Saturday. But the cleric said he wanted no such thing.
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Kidnappers have abducted the head of a  Christian party in Iraq and are demanding the withdrawal of  U.S. troops, Al Arabiya television reported on Monday.
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A militant group in Iraq has claimed it is holding a Japanese citizen hostage and gave Tokyo 48 hours to withdraw troops from the country.
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The family of a Japanese man being held hostage in Iraq begged for his life on Friday after the expiry of a deadline set by his captors, who have threatened to behead him unless Japan withdrew its troops.
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Militants have kidnapped two relatives of Iraqi Defense Minister Hazim al-Shalaan and demanded US forces leave the holy city of Najaf, Al Jazeera television reported Wednesday.
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BEIRUT: Relatives of a kidnapped member of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi&#39;s family have begged her captors to release her saying she was pregnant, in a videotape aired by Lebanese satellite channel LBC yesterday.
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An Islamist militant group yesterday threatened to behead three kidnapped relatives of the Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, unless the assault on Falluja was halted.
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Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq called for the   kidnapping of Westerners to swap for a Muslim cleric jailed in   the United States, according to an Internet audio tape issued   on Thursday.
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Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq urged his   followers to capture foreign hostages to try to free a Muslim   cleric jailed in the United States, according to an Internet   audio tape issued on Thursday.
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Somalia's Islamists demands that the self-declared republic of Somaliland free a Muslim cleric.
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AN Iraqi cleric has said he met British hostage Ken Bigley, who is being held in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Relatives pleaded Monday for the release of two Americans and a Briton held hostage as a deadline loomed for their beheading. In Baghdad, gunmen assassinated two clerics from a powerful Sunni Muslim group opposed to the U.S...
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The leader of Iraq's Chaldean Christian community urges US forces to free ex-deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.
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Clerics differ on who was responsible for the kidnapping in Baghdad.