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Japanese Journalist, Held Hostage In Syria, Heads Home After 40 Months
A Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamist terrorists for 40 months left for Japan from Turkey on Wednesday after being freed and said he was happy to be going home.
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Al Qaeda Planning Kidnappings Of Westerners For Prisoner Swaps: Report
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has appeared in an audio interview calling on fighters to take Western hostages and exchange them for jailed jihadists, the monitoring service SITE Intelligence Group said on Sunday.
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Rockets Hit Algeria gas plant in Attack Claimed By Al Qaeda
Rockets on Friday struck an Algerian gas plant run by foreign energy giants in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda, three years after a deadly hostage crisis at another facility in the country.
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Video Apparently Of Hostage Surfaces With Message To Family
A video surfaced today appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading a message to his family and country.
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At least 23 Killed In Attack On Burkina Hotel
Sixty-three hostages, including 33 wounded, were evacuated in the early hours of Saturday from a Burkina Faso hotel besieged by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, communication minister Remis Dandjinou told Agence France-Presse.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
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Two Al-Qaeda Hostages Killed in US Operation: White House
The White House admitted Thursday that a January US operation against an Al Qaeda compound near the Afghan-Pakistan border killed one American and one Italian hostage, along with an American member of the jihadist group.
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American, Italian Hostages Inadvertently Killed in US Counter-Terror Operation: Barack Obama
An American and an Italian who had been held hostage for several years by Al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan were inadvertently killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in January, US President Barack Obama today.
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French Army Rescues Dutch Hostage in Mali After 4 Years
French special forces today rescued a Dutch train driver kidnapped nearly four years ago in Mali by Al Qaeda's north Africa arm in an operation that killed several jihadists.
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Witnesses Recount Horror of Kenya University Attack
An explosion followed by gunfire woke students at Garissa's Moi University in Kenya before dawn today morning.
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Holding Christians Hostage in Kenya University Attack, Says Somalia's Shebab
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab said their gunmen were holding Christian hostages after attacking a Kenyan university today in an ongoing assault in revenge for Nairobi's troops fighting in Somalia.
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Islamic State Confirms Execution of Japanese Hostage Haruna Yukawa
The Islamic State group confirmed on Sunday its militants have executed Haruna Yukawa, one of two Japanese it has been holding hostage, following the release of a video announcing his death.
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Italian Hostage Release Raises Questions Over Ransom
Italian politicians welcomed the liberation of two Italian aid volunteers held hostage in Syria but their release drew criticism over a possible ransom payment.
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France to Hold Emergency Meeting to Avert Terror Attacks
Key members of the French government will meet on Saturday morning to decide on new measures aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks in Paris that culminated in a massacre of 12 people at a satirical newspaper, and a supermarket bloodbath that left four hostages dead.
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Paris Gunman 'Likely' Killed Hostages at Start of Siege: Prosecutor
The four people killed Friday at a Jewish supermarket in Paris were "likely" killed by the gunman at the start of the hostage-taking, the prosecutor leading the investigation said.
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Japanese Journalist, Held Hostage In Syria, Heads Home After 40 Months
A Japanese journalist held hostage by Islamist terrorists for 40 months left for Japan from Turkey on Wednesday after being freed and said he was happy to be going home.
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Al Qaeda Planning Kidnappings Of Westerners For Prisoner Swaps: Report
Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has appeared in an audio interview calling on fighters to take Western hostages and exchange them for jailed jihadists, the monitoring service SITE Intelligence Group said on Sunday.
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Rockets Hit Algeria gas plant in Attack Claimed By Al Qaeda
Rockets on Friday struck an Algerian gas plant run by foreign energy giants in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda, three years after a deadly hostage crisis at another facility in the country.
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Video Apparently Of Hostage Surfaces With Message To Family
A video surfaced today appearing to show a missing Japanese journalist, reportedly held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Syria, reading a message to his family and country.
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At least 23 Killed In Attack On Burkina Hotel
Sixty-three hostages, including 33 wounded, were evacuated in the early hours of Saturday from a Burkina Faso hotel besieged by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, communication minister Remis Dandjinou told Agence France-Presse.
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Bamako Hotel Hostage Taking Was Joint Attack: Al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said last month's hostage taking at a hotel in Mali's capital Bamako was a joint operation with another jihadist group, in an audio message posted Friday.
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Two Al-Qaeda Hostages Killed in US Operation: White House
The White House admitted Thursday that a January US operation against an Al Qaeda compound near the Afghan-Pakistan border killed one American and one Italian hostage, along with an American member of the jihadist group.
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American, Italian Hostages Inadvertently Killed in US Counter-Terror Operation: Barack Obama
An American and an Italian who had been held hostage for several years by Al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan were inadvertently killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in January, US President Barack Obama today.
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French Army Rescues Dutch Hostage in Mali After 4 Years
French special forces today rescued a Dutch train driver kidnapped nearly four years ago in Mali by Al Qaeda's north Africa arm in an operation that killed several jihadists.
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Witnesses Recount Horror of Kenya University Attack
An explosion followed by gunfire woke students at Garissa's Moi University in Kenya before dawn today morning.
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Holding Christians Hostage in Kenya University Attack, Says Somalia's Shebab
Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab said their gunmen were holding Christian hostages after attacking a Kenyan university today in an ongoing assault in revenge for Nairobi's troops fighting in Somalia.
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Islamic State Confirms Execution of Japanese Hostage Haruna Yukawa
The Islamic State group confirmed on Sunday its militants have executed Haruna Yukawa, one of two Japanese it has been holding hostage, following the release of a video announcing his death.
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Italian Hostage Release Raises Questions Over Ransom
Italian politicians welcomed the liberation of two Italian aid volunteers held hostage in Syria but their release drew criticism over a possible ransom payment.
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France to Hold Emergency Meeting to Avert Terror Attacks
Key members of the French government will meet on Saturday morning to decide on new measures aimed at thwarting a repeat of the attacks in Paris that culminated in a massacre of 12 people at a satirical newspaper, and a supermarket bloodbath that left four hostages dead.
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Paris Gunman 'Likely' Killed Hostages at Start of Siege: Prosecutor
The four people killed Friday at a Jewish supermarket in Paris were "likely" killed by the gunman at the start of the hostage-taking, the prosecutor leading the investigation said.
