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Japanese Journalist Returns Home From Syrian "Hell" After 3 Years
A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three years after militants in Syria captured and held him in what he described as a physical and mental "hell".
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Islamic State Conducting 'Barbarism' in Name of Religion: Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama said today Islamic State was a "brutal, vicious death cult" that was carrying out "unspeakable acts of barbarism" in the name of religion.
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PM Narendra Modi Condemns Killing of Japanese Hostages by ISIS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned the "gruesome" killing of two Japanese nationals by ISIS, a day after the terror group claimed the hostages had been beheaded.
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Departing From Country's Pacifism, Japanese Premier Vows Revenge for Killings
When Islamic State militants posted a video Sunday showing the grisly killing of a Japanese journalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacted with outrage, promising "to make the terrorists pay the price."
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Japanese Hostage Crisis: A Timeline
The apparent execution of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State militants marks one of the darkest moments in Japan's experience of kidnappings.
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Islamic State Group Beheads Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto: Reports
An online video released on Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.
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Islamic State Hostage Drama Shows Change in Propaganda Technique
The latest Islamic State hostage drama involving a veteran Japanese war correspondent and a young Jordanian pilot marks the first time the group has publicly demanded prisoner releases. It also signals a change in the extremist group's propaganda technique.
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Japanese Hostage's Wife Follows Islamic State, Shares Audio Message
The wife of Kenji Goto, the Japanese journalist being held hostage by the Islamic State terrorist group, has issued an audio statement pleading for his life. Her audio statement resembled the format in which the militant organization had released a message from Mr Goto just days earlier, setting a sunset deadline on Thursday for the life of captur...
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In New Audio Message, Islamic State Sets Sunset Deadline for Prisoner Swap
The Islamic State terrorist group has issued a new death threat. A new audio message in what seems to be Japanese hostage Kenji Goto's voice sets today's deadline for the swap of a failed female suicide bomber on death row in Jordan.
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Please Save Kenji: Mother of Islamic State Hostage Asks Shinzo Abe
The mother of a Japanese hostage held by Islamic State extremists appealed publicly Wednesday to Japan's leader to save her son after his captors issued what they said was a final death threat.
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Islamic State Threatens to Kill Two More Hostages
The Islamic State militant group has issued an audio message threatening to kill the second Japanese hostage they hold, as well as a Jordanian F-16 pilot captured in December. The release follows the same pattern as the first threat, after which another Japanese national was executed.
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Japanese Hostage Killing Abe's Fault: Chinese State Media
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to blame for the death of a hostage at the hands of the Islamic State group, an editorial in Chinese state media said today.
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Islamic State Video Reminder of Group's 'Murderous Barbarity': British Prime Minister
The apparent murder of a Japanese hostage by Islamic State was a reminder of the group's 'murderous barbarity', British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday, as Japan scrambled to verify an online video.
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Japan Says Web Clip Claiming Death of IS Hostage 'Outrageous'
Japan early on Sunday strongly criticised a recording purporting to announce the execution of a Japanese citizen held by Islamic State militants and demanded the immediate release of another captive depicted as appearing on the image.
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Release Japanese Hostages: United States to Islamic State
The United States on Tuesday demanded the "immediate release" of two Japanese hostages threatened with death by Islamic State militants.
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Japanese Journalist Returns Home From Syrian "Hell" After 3 Years
A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three years after militants in Syria captured and held him in what he described as a physical and mental "hell".
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Islamic State Conducting 'Barbarism' in Name of Religion: Barack Obama
US President Barack Obama said today Islamic State was a "brutal, vicious death cult" that was carrying out "unspeakable acts of barbarism" in the name of religion.
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PM Narendra Modi Condemns Killing of Japanese Hostages by ISIS
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned the "gruesome" killing of two Japanese nationals by ISIS, a day after the terror group claimed the hostages had been beheaded.
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Departing From Country's Pacifism, Japanese Premier Vows Revenge for Killings
When Islamic State militants posted a video Sunday showing the grisly killing of a Japanese journalist, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reacted with outrage, promising "to make the terrorists pay the price."
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Japanese Hostage Crisis: A Timeline
The apparent execution of two Japanese hostages captured by Islamic State militants marks one of the darkest moments in Japan's experience of kidnappings.
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Islamic State Group Beheads Japanese Hostage Kenji Goto: Reports
An online video released on Saturday night purported to show an Islamic State group militant behead Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, ending days of negotiations by diplomats to save the man.
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Islamic State Hostage Drama Shows Change in Propaganda Technique
The latest Islamic State hostage drama involving a veteran Japanese war correspondent and a young Jordanian pilot marks the first time the group has publicly demanded prisoner releases. It also signals a change in the extremist group's propaganda technique.
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Japanese Hostage's Wife Follows Islamic State, Shares Audio Message
The wife of Kenji Goto, the Japanese journalist being held hostage by the Islamic State terrorist group, has issued an audio statement pleading for his life. Her audio statement resembled the format in which the militant organization had released a message from Mr Goto just days earlier, setting a sunset deadline on Thursday for the life of captur...
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In New Audio Message, Islamic State Sets Sunset Deadline for Prisoner Swap
The Islamic State terrorist group has issued a new death threat. A new audio message in what seems to be Japanese hostage Kenji Goto's voice sets today's deadline for the swap of a failed female suicide bomber on death row in Jordan.
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Please Save Kenji: Mother of Islamic State Hostage Asks Shinzo Abe
The mother of a Japanese hostage held by Islamic State extremists appealed publicly Wednesday to Japan's leader to save her son after his captors issued what they said was a final death threat.
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Islamic State Threatens to Kill Two More Hostages
The Islamic State militant group has issued an audio message threatening to kill the second Japanese hostage they hold, as well as a Jordanian F-16 pilot captured in December. The release follows the same pattern as the first threat, after which another Japanese national was executed.
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Japanese Hostage Killing Abe's Fault: Chinese State Media
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to blame for the death of a hostage at the hands of the Islamic State group, an editorial in Chinese state media said today.
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Islamic State Video Reminder of Group's 'Murderous Barbarity': British Prime Minister
The apparent murder of a Japanese hostage by Islamic State was a reminder of the group's 'murderous barbarity', British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Saturday, as Japan scrambled to verify an online video.
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Japan Says Web Clip Claiming Death of IS Hostage 'Outrageous'
Japan early on Sunday strongly criticised a recording purporting to announce the execution of a Japanese citizen held by Islamic State militants and demanded the immediate release of another captive depicted as appearing on the image.
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Release Japanese Hostages: United States to Islamic State
The United States on Tuesday demanded the "immediate release" of two Japanese hostages threatened with death by Islamic State militants.
