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"No Breathing Through Nose, Moving In Sleep": Hostage's Syria Horror
During 40 months of captivity at the hands of Syrian terrorists, Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was forbidden from moving or making any noise, even while sleeping. Guards told him daily he'd be released, or gave him canned food but no opener.
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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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"Return My Husband Safe", Says Wife Of Japanese Journalist Held In Syria
The wife of a Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago broke her silence Tuesday to plead for his release after he appeared in a hostage video.
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Japan Says Hostage Negotiations 'Deadlocked': Report
Japan' deputy foreign minister has said negotiations with the Islamic State group threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist have become "deadlocked," local media reported on Saturday.
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Islamic State Silent As Deadline Passes With No Hostage Swap
The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown today, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive.
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2 Japanese Hostages: How Their Lives Got Intertwined
One is a freelance journalist respected for his reporting on refugees and children in war zones. The other is man who seems obsessed with guns and went to Syria to train with fighters.
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"No Breathing Through Nose, Moving In Sleep": Hostage's Syria Horror
During 40 months of captivity at the hands of Syrian terrorists, Japanese journalist Jumpei Yasuda was forbidden from moving or making any noise, even while sleeping. Guards told him daily he'd be released, or gave him canned food but no opener.
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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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"Return My Husband Safe", Says Wife Of Japanese Journalist Held In Syria
The wife of a Japanese journalist kidnapped in Syria more than three years ago broke her silence Tuesday to plead for his release after he appeared in a hostage video.
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Japan Says Hostage Negotiations 'Deadlocked': Report
Japan' deputy foreign minister has said negotiations with the Islamic State group threatening to execute a Jordanian pilot and a Japanese journalist have become "deadlocked," local media reported on Saturday.
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Islamic State Silent As Deadline Passes With No Hostage Swap
The fates of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot were unknown today, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the Islamic State group holding them captive.
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2 Japanese Hostages: How Their Lives Got Intertwined
One is a freelance journalist respected for his reporting on refugees and children in war zones. The other is man who seems obsessed with guns and went to Syria to train with fighters.
