Leader condemns traveler&#39;s beheading
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday condemned the beheading of a young Japanese backpacker in Iraq and vowed that Japan would not withdraw its troops from the US-led coalition.
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UK and Irish leaders condemn the apparent murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan by her kidnappers in Iraq.
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Political leaders have condemned the apparent murder of aid worker Margaret Hassan by her Iraqi kidnappers. Tony Blair said it was &quot;abhorrent&quot;, while Irish premier Bertie Ahern said her kidnappers &quot;stand condemned by.
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Washington&#39;s closest ally in Iraq was horrified by the beheading of a British hostage there and Prime Minister Tony Blair urged Britons not to let it undermine their support for continued involvement in the country.
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Ahead of elections on Sunday, the leader of Turkey's hard-line nationalists flung a hangman's noose from a podium to make a point: He thinks the prime minister is soft on terrorism and should hang the imprisoned leader of Kurdish rebels.
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World leaders voiced outrage at the  assassination on Thursday of Pakistan's opposition leader  Benazir Bhutto and expressed fears for the fate of the  nuclear-armed state.
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The beheading of a Sudanese editor who   had angered some Islamists might mark the start of a gruesome   new trend, commentators said on Thursday.
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Â· Crowds condemn attacks that killed at least 52 Â· Fears that North Africans now part of terror network
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The confirmation came from a spokesman for Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who described the killing as &quot;an act of barbarity&quot;.
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A Christian was sentenced to death for allegedly insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammed, and a human rights activist Friday urged Pakistan's president to spare his life.
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CAIRO, Egypt - A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American hostage Eugene Armstrong.    The militant group led by Jordanian terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage - either another American or a Briton held by the group - will be killed in 24 hours unless all Muslim women prisoners are released from U.S...
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Pope John Paul condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq, denouncing the
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BANGKOK In a killing that threatens to stoke the violent unrest in southern Thailand, assailants beheaded a Buddhist village leader to avenge 84 Muslims who died in a crackdown by the Thai military last week.
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World leaders unite in condemnation as opposition groups warn killing threatens to tear country apart
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France condemned Tuesday the suicideattack against Iraqi Shiite leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim on Monday in Baghdad and called on the Iraqis to reject the violence.
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage in Iraq as a barbaric act, but vowed that Italy would stay the course in Iraq.
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Political leaders across the world on Wednesday condemned the apparent slaying of the Irish-born British aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq.