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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Japan’s PM vows to stand firm against terror
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJapan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, speaking in Ramallah, vows to stand firm after the Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese nationals, saying he would not freeze a $200 million aid package for refugees from the conflict in Iraq and Syria.
His remarks come several hours after the jihadist group released a video threatening to kill two Japanese hostages if Tokyo did not pay a $200 million ransom within 72 hours.
An IS member says in the video that the ransom demand is to compensate for non-military aid that Abe pledged on Saturday to countries affected by the terror group’s bloody expansion in Iraq and Syria.
— AFP
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