China Hostage Dies After Pakistan Rescue Assault
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  - A Chinese engineer held  hostage by al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan was killed on  Thursday but his colleague rescued in a commando assault that  killed their five kidnappers, officials said.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Oct 18 (SADA) - Pakistan has announced one hundred thousand dollars as compensation to the family of Wang Peng, the Chinese engineer who lost his life during the hostage taking episode.
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Two Chinese engineers and their Pakistani security guard were kidnapped early today by unidentified men in Pakistan&#39;s South Waziristan tribal area, bordering Afghanistan, where security forces have launched operations to flush out hiding Al-Qaeda militants
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A Colombian businessman kidnapped by leftist rebels died in a military rescue attempt on Thursday, illustrating the dilemma the government faces over thousands of hostages languishing in secret guerrilla jails.
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One of 23 South Korean hostages held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban has been killed because he was very ill and could not be moved to hospital, a local Afghan official told CNN on Wednesday.
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One of the Chinese engineers held hostage by militants in a Pakistani tribal region was killed and another was freed with injuries Thursday, Xinhua news agency quoted Chinese embassy sources as saying.
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Kenneth Bigley, the Briton held hostage in Iraq by the Tawhid Wal Jihad group, has been killed, according to an Islamic Web site. The UK foreign ministry said it doubts the authenticity of the report.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley has been killed by his captors in Iraq, his family confirm.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan  - Unidentified gunmen killed three Chinese workers in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Sunday, a Pakistani government official said.
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ISLAMABAD (Pakistan) - A Pakistani military plane left for China on Saturday carrying the body of a Chinese engineer who was kidnapped by Al-Qaeda-linked militants and then killed during an attempt to rescue him and another hostage.
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KABUL, Afghanistan  -- Afghan forces said Tuesday that they killed a Taliban commander behind the kidnapping of South Korean church workers, less than a week after the hostages were let go under a deal seen as a propaganda coup for the hard-line Islamic militia.
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KABUL: A Turkish engineer taken hostage in Afghanistan was killed by kidnappers when they were cornered by police mounting a rescue operation, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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China has been going in for various substantial efforts to rescue the two engineers, who were kidnapped in Pakistan, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhang Qiyue tolda regular press conference here Tuesday.
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CHAGMALAI, Pakistan -- Pakistani special forces attacked kidnappers holding two Chinese engineers near the Afghan border yesterday, killing all five of the Al Qaeda-linked militants, who were followers of a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner. One of the hostages was killed in the raid, while the other survived.
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China has expressed deep regret over the death a Chinese hostage in Pakistan, condemning the kidnapping as a terrorist act and sending condolences to the dead man&#39;s family.
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World News &gt; Islamabad, Oct 11 : Pakistan today described the abduction of two Chinese engineers by Al Qaeda-linked militants in the tribal South Waziristan agency bordering Afghanistan as a &quot;serious incident&quot; and said it was taking all measures for their
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One of al-Qaida's top figures, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed in Pakistan, an Islamist Web site announced Thursday. Pakistani officials and residents said a dozen people, including seven Arabs, died in a missile strike in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border.