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| Philippine Islamist militants threaten to kill German captives |
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| MANILA (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants in the southern Philippines have threatened to kill two German hostages they have been holding since April unless Germany stops supporting U.S. action against Islamic State militants, the SITE monitoring service said. Philippine security officials said on Wednesday that they were checking intelligence reports of the threats from the small but violent Abu Sayyaf group, which is also demanding a ransom of 250 million pesos ($5.6 million) for the captives' release. ... |
| High-profile Chinese official confesses to graft |
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 By Megha Rajagopalan and Li Hui BEIJING (Reuters) - The former deputy head of China's top planning agency confessed in court on Wednesday to extensive bribery involving several companies including a Toyota Motor Corp. joint venture, the court said. Liu Tienan, 59, was sacked as deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), a post that carries ministerial-level status, in May last year. He is one of the highest-profile officials to be prosecuted for corruption since President Xi Jinping launched an anti-graft campaign. ...
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| Suspected French jihadis surrender to police after security failures |
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| By John Irish and Johanna Decorse PARIS/TOULOUSE (Reuters) - Three men suspected of joining Islamist militants in Syria gave themselves in to French authorities on Wednesday after a day of high confusion which exposed security shortcomings in France, including poor collaboration with NATO ally Turkey. Officials wrongly claimed on Tuesday the three French nationals - who include the brother-in-law of a gunman who killed seven people in France in 2012 - had already been arrested before admitting they were still at large. ... |
| As risks multiply, NGOs reassess security in Middle East |
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 By Isabel Coles ARBIL Iraq (Reuters) - Aid agencies are tightening security measures in the Middle East and increasingly outsourcing work to local organisations to limit their exposure to multiplying risks across the region. Most if not all international NGOs had already stopped sending expatriate staff into Syria by the time footage emerged 10 days ago of a British aid worker being beheaded by Islamic State militants who control around one third of the country. ...
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| Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants decapitate Tuareg man in Mali |
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| BAMAKO (Reuters) - Suspected al Qaeda-linked militants in northern Mali have decapitated a Tuareg hostage seized last week for purportedly acting as an informer for French forces in the region, a Malian security source said on Wednesday. Residents of the village of Zouera, some 80 km (50 miles) north of Timbuktu, said the man's head had been found, and four other Tuareg men, taken with him last week, had been released. The man's family said they had recovered the rest of his body. They gave no further details. ... |
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