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Opposition figures hanged over war crimes in Bangladesh

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Thousands of extra police and border guards have been deployed in Dhaka and other major cities and towns of Bangladesh in advance of a general strike called to protest against the executions of two opposition politicians for war crimes. </div>
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The security measures have been taken following the hanging of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury on Sunday - for war crimes committed during the 1971 independence conflict with Pakistan - could cause fresh unrest.</div>
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Security was especially tight in the hometowns of the two executed men whose funerals were held on Sunday morning.</div>
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Supporters of the ruling Awami League greeted the executions - carried out at Dhaka's Central Prison shortly before 1am on Sunday - by holding street parties and distributing sweets to children.</div>
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The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) accused Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Bangladesh's prime minister, of presiding over a politically motivated killing which was carried only hours after its leader Khaleda Zia returned from a lengthy stay in London.</div>
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Bangladesh has been plagued by political violence for much of the last three years since a domestic tribunal began delivering its verdicts on opposition figures accused of orchestrating massacres during the 1971 war.</div>
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A total of 18 people have been convicted but only two had been sent to the gallows until Sunday.</div>
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While the other three were members of the largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Chowdhury, 66, was a senior figure in the BNP.</div>
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Chowdhury was convicted for atrocities including genocide during the 1971 war when the then East Pakistan split from West Pakistan.</div>
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He served six terms as a member of parliament and was one of Zia's top aides.</div>
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Mujahid, 67, was sentenced for war crimes such as the killing of top intellectuals. Jamaat's official number two, he was convicted of heading the Al Badr armed group during the war.</div>
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Jamaat, which is banned from contesting the 2014 general election, said the executions were part of a strategy "aimed at eliminating" its leadership.</div>
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"We've stepped up security across the country to prevent any violence, including on the roads along which the bodies were taken," Munstashirul Islam, police spokesman, told AFP news agency.</div>
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Hundreds of police were deployed outside the central city of Faridpur where Mujahid was buried soon after dawn, according to security officials.</div>
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Reinforcements were also sent to Chowdhury's hometown of Raojan in the southeast.</div>
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International rights groups have criticised the trials as unfair, but Hasina’s government says they are vital for Bangladesh to confront its traumatic birth.</div>
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Despite having long been accused of leading massacres of pro-independence figures and minorities, both Chowdhury and Mujahid held cabinet posts a little over a decade ago when the BNP was in power.</div>
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Both men's families said they maintained their innocence to the end, denying they sought clemency in what would have amounted to an admission of guilt.</div>
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"He said they are killing him because they could not beat him in elections," Chowdhury's son Humam Qauder Chowdhury told AFP after a final meeting with his father.</div>
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Both the BNP and Jamaat claim Hasina is trying to eliminate her opponents, having won re-election two years ago in a contest boycotted by rivals.</div>
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Opposition figures hanged over war crimes in Bangladesh

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Targit killing in Karachi,3 rangers killed.

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KARACHI (Web Desk / AFP) - Suspected terrorists gunned down at least three paramilitary soldiers and injured a fourth as they guarded a mosque in Karachi on Friday, officials said.</div>
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The killers, on three motorcycles, opened fire on the paramilitary Rangers outside the Abu Hurairah mosque in Ittehad Town, a western suburb of the southern city.</div>
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Officials suggested the attackers intended to target the mosque during Friday prayers.</div>
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"Perhaps the mosque and the affiliated madrassa (religious seminary) was the target of the terrorists," Rangers chief major general <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(27, 142, 222) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(27, 142, 222) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-size: 16px !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; vertical-align: baseline;">Bilal</span> Akbar told media at the spot.</div>
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"But our people defied them and embraced martyrdom," he said.</div>
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Taking notice of the incident, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered immediate arrest of the attackers.</div>
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Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has also directed the Inspector General of Sindh Police to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD1" style="background-attachment: scroll !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(27, 142, 222) !important; border-bottom-style: dotted !important; border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: rgb(27, 142, 222) !important; cursor: pointer !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-size: 16px !important; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1px !important; position: static; vertical-align: baseline;">submit</span> report regarding the incident. </div>
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The Rangers as well as the police have been engaged in a three-year long anti-militant and crime operation in Karachi and come under attack by militants frequently.</div>
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In March a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle rammed into a Rangers patrol van, killing at four soldiers.</div>
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Since January, 79 policemen have been gunned down in different parts of the city.</div>

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reportedly 18 people died in mali,as terorrists attak hotel.

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Mali(BBC):The Radisson Blu Hotel was stormed by special forces after gunmen entered it and seized 170 people.</div>
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Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its offshoot al-Murabitoun said they carried out the attack, according to an agency used by jihadists in the region.</div>
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Reporters have been told that at least 18 people have died in the siege and two of the gunmen have been killed.</div>
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One of those killed was Geoffrey Dieudonne, a member of parliament in Belgium's Wallonia region.</div>
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Bamako-based journalist Francois Rihouay told the BBC that officials had said the operation was over, but during a live interview just before 17:00 GMT he heard shots being fired.</div>
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Security ministry spokesman Amadou Sangho told Reuters news agency that some of the gunmen were "dug in in the upper floors".</div>
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"They are alone with the Malian special forces who are trying to dislodge them."</div>
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Pictures show some of the hostages leaving the hotel were wounded; earlier, the interior minister said two soldiers had been injured.</div>
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The US-owned hotel is popular with foreign businesses and airline crews.</div>
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Eyewitnesses said the gunmen had entered the hotel shooting and shouting "God is great!" in Arabic.</div>
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Before special forces stormed the building, a security source told Reuters that some hostages who were able to recite verses of the Koran were being freed.</div>
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Mali's presidency has <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://twitter.com/PresidenceMali/status/667731098068238336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">tweeted (in French)</a> thanking the security forces and friendly countries for their support in responding to the attacks.</div>
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Off-duty US servicemen helped in the hostage rescue operation. French special forces were dispatched to the scene.</div>
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There is as yet no established link with the <a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34877800" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(17, 103, 168, 0.298039); border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">attacks in Paris</a> one week ago that killed 130 people.</div>
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In August, suspected Islamist gunmen killed 13 people, including five UN workers, during a hostage siege at a hotel in the central Malian town of Sevare.</div>
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France, the former colonial power in Mali, intervened in the country in January 2013, when al-Qaeda-linked militants threatened to march on Bamako after taking control of the north of the country.</div>
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Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has cut short a trip to a regional summit in Chad.</div>
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His French counterpart Francois Hollande said: "We should yet again stand firm and show our solidarity with a friendly country, Mali."</div>
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The UN force in Mali took over responsibility for security in the country from French and African troops in July 2013, after the main towns in the north had been recaptured from the Islamist militants.</div>

reportedly 18 people died in mali,as terorrists attak hotel.

Mali(BBC):The Radisson Blu Hotel was stormed by special forces after gunmen entered it and seized 170 people. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mag...

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Just three days after an Islamic State suicide assault team killed 129 people in Paris, the Afghan Taliban released a statement approving of the mass murder and said France’s “colonial policy” and involvement in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Libya justified the attack. The statement was released on Nov. 16 on Voice of Jihad’s Pashto language section of its website, and is reproduced in full below. A translation of the statement was obtained by <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Long War Journal</em>.</div>
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The Taliban’s statement of support for the Paris attack should come as no surprise. The Taliban also approved of al Qaeda’s attack on the Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters in Paris in January 2015, which it<a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/01/afghan_taliban_describe_attack.php" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0072b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">described as “justice.”</a> The Charlie Hebdo attack is referenced twice in the most recent statement.</div>
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While western officials still seek to negotiate with the Taliban, the group continues to support attacks in Western countries and demonstrates that it maintains close ties to al Qaeda, such as when it <a href="http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/08/new-taliban-emir-accepts-al-qaedas-oath-of-allegiance.php" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0072b8; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">accepted al Qaeda’s oath of allegiance</a>.</div>
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Analysts have noted the various factors regarding the recent bloody attacks in Paris and have assessed them from different angles. However, the main cause might be France’s colonial policy and its naked military invasions of the Islamic world. From the crusader wars until the 20th century, and even the 21st century, Paris under one pretext or another has occupied Muslims’ lands, dropped bombs on them, and created political and economic problems for them.</div>
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In the last decade, France, in order to gain, protect, and expand its colonial interests has carried out unrecorded military attacks in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and Syria; it has killed, displaced, and imprisoned the people of those countries and caused damage to their properties.</div>
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Even though the attacks in France have no link to Afghans and Afghanistan, that country remained an ally of America during the invasion of Afghanistan from day one. France took a huge part in the elimination of an Islamic regime that the people liked. In the same way, it has killed and tortured people in Libya, Syria, and other Islamic countries.</div>
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A few months ago, a surprised attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine office shook France; in the attack, 14 cartoonists, employees, and the editor of the magazine were killed.</div>
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Two Muslim youths carried out the attack in reaction to repeated printings of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Nevertheless, after the attack, Charlie Hebdo not only did not stop its campaign of disrespect for Muslims, but the magazine repeatedly published disrespectful cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad with an unprecedented circulation.</div>
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The latest Paris attacks relate directly to the unpleasant policy of the country’s officials. In other words, the recent attacks in Paris are a result of France’s wrong policies. Therefore, in order to save itself from such dangerous attacks in the future, it is important that France, before anything else, reconsider its policies.</div>
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ISRAEL(ynetnews):Two Israelis were killed and another was moderately wounded in a stabbing in southern Tel Aviv on Thursday afternoon.</div>
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The incident took place just outside a synagogue in the Panorama building on Ben Tzvi Boulevard.</div>
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The dead were named as Aviram Reuven, 51, from Ramle and Aharon Yisayev, 32, from Holon.</div>
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One of the victims managed to stumble into the synagogue after being stabbed, and others managed to close the door as the attacker attempted to follow the wounded victim.</div>
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The suspect, a 36-year-old resident of Dura with no criminal record, was seriously wounded and caught at the scene. The Shin Bet took custody of the Palestinian for questioning.</div>
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Initial reports revealed that the attacker was in Israel legally, working for a nearby restaurant.</div>
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The wounded were evacuated to Sourasky Medical Center in central Tel Aviv.</div>
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Hamas released a statement praising the attack, connecting it to the fact that Israel still holds the bodies of several recent Palestinian attackers who were killed by security forces.</div>

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ISRAEL(ynetnews):An Uzi-wielding terrorist killed three people, one of them Palestinian, and wounded several in a shooting attack at two scenes in Gush Etzion in the West Bank on Thursday.  </div>
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The dead were a 18-year-old American citizen, a 50-year-old Israeli, and a Palestinian in his forties. All were killed by the terrorist and were in different vehicles. Security forces overpowered the attacker, halting the assault. Five people were lightly wounded.</div>
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According to a preliminary investigation, a lone terrorist arrived in his car at the road leading from Alon Shvut to Gush Etzion junction. He noticed a traffic jam and began to bypass vehicles – and then opened fire at cars stuck in traffic.</div>
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The terrorist continued but hit another car and could not continue the shooting spree. Security forces wounded the terrorist and took him into custody.</div>
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The terrorist was Abed al Basset Harub from Dir Samat near Hebron, according to Palestinian sources.</div>
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The Palestinian killed by the terrorist was named as Shadi Arafa.</div>
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the attack saying, "The murderous terror has struck Gush Etzion and Tel Aviv. My heart is with the families of the murdered and I send my wishes for a speedy recovery to the wounded.</div>
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"Whoever condemned the attacks in France needs to condemn the attacks in Israel. It's the same terror. Whoever does not do this is a hypocrite and blind," the prime minister concluded.</div>
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The shooting occurred two hours after a Palestinian terrorist went on a stabbing spree in Tel Aviv, killing two Israelis.</div>

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Atleast 14 people killed and over 100 injured as a suspected Bokoharam alleged suicide bomber hits market in Kano city.Bomber was woman as told by eye witnesses.</div>
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Nigeria:14 killed,100 injured as suicide bomber hit Kano city.

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Chinese and Norweijen citizens killed by ISIS.

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<cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, 'Helvetica Neue', Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;">Hong Kong (CNN)</cite>Beijing has vowed to bring ISIS to justice after the group said it had executed two hostages, a Chinese and a Norwegian.</div>
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ISIS said it had killed the two men, identified as Chinese national Fan Jinghui and Norwegian citizen Ole Johan Grimsgaard-Ofstad in its English-language online magazine Dabiq.</div>
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President Xi Jinping "strongly condemned" ISIS for the killing of Fan, the first known Chinese national to be killed by the group, and the country's foreign ministry said the Chinese government would "definitely hold the perpetrators accountable."</div>
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But how to respond to Fan's "cold-blooded and violent" death presents a dilemma for China, which has stayed on the sidelines in the fight against ISIS and has a long-held principle of noninterference in other countries' affairs.</div>
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To date, Beijing has been vague on the question of what it will contribute to the global fight against ISIS and has declined to <a href="http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xwfw_665399/s2510_665401/2535_665405/t1315231.shtml" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;" target="_blank">explicitly offer its support </a>for airstrikes being conducted against the group in Syria.</div>
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Norway also condemned the killings.</div>
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"We have no grounds to doubt the contents of the photos that have been published," Foreign Minister Boerge Brende said, according to Reuters.</div>
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It's not known how Fan was captured by ISIS or whether he was abducted in Iraq, Syria or elsewhere.</div>
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Fan doesn't appear to have a military background and worked as a high school teacher before switching to a career in advertising, according to Chinese state media.</div>
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In 2001, according to Chinese magazine Caijing, he told a Chinese radio program that he was a "drifter" but he hoped to win awards for his advertising work.</div>
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When news of Fan's capture first spread in September, neighbors near his last known address told Reuters that he hadn't lived at the home in many years, and that they didn't know if he had any family.</div>
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"The Chinese government and people have been very concerned about Fan Jinghui's safety since he was kidnapped," Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement Thursday.</div>
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He added the government had made "all-out" efforts to rescue him.</div>
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<img alt="Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/01/29/middleeast/who-is-jordan-pilot-isis-hostage/&quot;&gt;Moath al-Kasasbeh&lt;/a&gt; went missing when his plane crashed during a December 2014 mission. A devout Muslim who memorized the Quran, the 27-year old was shown in an ISIS video in February where he was brutally burned alive. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226114904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-story-body.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="&lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/02/10/world/isis-hostage-mueller/&quot;&gt;Kayla Mueller,&lt;/a&gt; was a 26-year-old humanitarian worker from Prescott, Arizona, who was taken hostage in August 2013 in Syria. Although the circumstances of her death are unclear, it was confirmed in February when ISIS sent a private message to her family. U.S. government officials &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/02/10/world/isis-hostage-mueller/&quot;&gt;later revealed&lt;/a&gt; that she had been tortured and sexually abused by ISIS&#39; top leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi during her captivity. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="Croatian national &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/08/12/middleeast/isis-croatian-hostage/&quot;&gt;Tomislav Salopek&lt;/a&gt; was a topographer who was kidnapped in July while driving to work in Egypt, the Croatian foreign ministry said. In August, ISIS released a video showing his apparent beheading. The same month the group posted another video, showing the decapitated head and body of antiquities expert &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/08/18/middleeast/isis-executes-antiquities-expert/&quot;&gt;Khaled al-Asaad&lt;/a&gt;. The 82-year old, who dedicated his life to preserving cultural relics, was killed for not revealing the location of ancient treasures. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="The first U.S. citizen to be killed by ISIS, &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/08/20/us/james-foley-life/&quot;&gt;James Foley&lt;/a&gt; was taken hostage in Syria in November 2012 and beheaded in August 2014. The 40-year old from Rochester, New Hampshire was an experienced war journalist who contributed videos to major media outlets including Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-demand-load="loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-hp-video.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-hp-video.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-topics.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-story-top.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-story-body.jpg" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-story-body.jpg" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 1; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="Also a freelance journalist, &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/08/21/us/iraq-steven-sotloff/index.html&quot;&gt;Steven Sotloff&lt;/a&gt; disappeared during a reporting trip in Syria in August 2013 and was beheaded a year later. The U.S.-Israeli citizen, who wrote for publications like Time, Foreign Policy and Christian Science Monitor, was when he died. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-hp-video.png" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-horizontal-large-gallery.png" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-horizontal-large-gallery.png" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-horizontal-large-gallery.png" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-hp-video.png" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-topics.png" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-story-top.png" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-story-body.png" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="British national &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/09/13/world/meast/isis-haines-family-message/&quot;&gt;David Haines&lt;/a&gt; was abducted in March 2013 while working at a Syrian refugee camp for an aid group and executed a year later. The 44-year-old father of two had more than a decade of experience doing aid work providing logistics to Handicap International and as an unarmed peacekeeper with Nonviolent Peaceforce. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-hp-video.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-hp-video.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-topics.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-story-top.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-story-body.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="Originally a taxi driver from the UK, &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/10/03/world/meast/isis-alan-henning-beheading/&quot;&gt;Alan Henning&lt;/a&gt; was volunteering to deliver food and water to people affected by the Syrian civil war. He traveled to the Middle East in December 2013, was taken hostage on Boxing Day and held for more than a year before being killed.   " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="&lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/11/17/world/meast/isis-peter-kassig-remembered/&quot;&gt;Peter Kassig&lt;/a&gt;, who served briefly as a U.S. Army Ranger, was working as a humanitarian worker in Syria when he was kidnapped on October 1, 2013 en route to deliver food and medical supplies. The 26-year old was confirmed dead after ISIS posted a video on November 16, 2014. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="&lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/01/24/world/isis-japan-hostages/&quot;&gt;Haruna Yukawa&lt;/a&gt; was a 42-year-old Japanese national who aspired to become a security contractor to Japanese companies in conflict zones. He was in the hands of ISIS for several months before a video released in January showed his killing." class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119151752-haruna-yukawa-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="A freelance journalist, 47-year-old &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/01/29/world/isis-hostage-kenji-goto/&quot;&gt;Kenji Goto &lt;/a&gt;worked in Syria and other war-torn countries for numerous outlets including Japan&#39;s public broadcaster NHK. Goto was in Japan when news surfaced about the capture of Haruna Yukawa, who he had befriended while working in the region. Goto returned to Syria hoping to negotiate his release but was himself captured and later executed. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-small-169.png" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-full-169.png" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-super-169.png" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-exlarge-169.png" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-small-169.png" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-small-11.png" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-large-169.png" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/151119150727-kenji-goto-medium-plus-169.png" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/01/29/middleeast/who-is-jordan-pilot-isis-hostage/&quot;&gt;Moath al-Kasasbeh&lt;/a&gt; went missing when his plane crashed during a December 2014 mission. A devout Muslim who memorized the Quran, the 27-year old was shown in an ISIS video in February where he was brutally burned alive. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226164904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141226114904-moaz-al-kassasbeh-jordanian-pilot-story-body.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="&lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/02/10/world/isis-hostage-mueller/&quot;&gt;Kayla Mueller,&lt;/a&gt; was a 26-year-old humanitarian worker from Prescott, Arizona, who was taken hostage in August 2013 in Syria. Although the circumstances of her death are unclear, it was confirmed in February when ISIS sent a private message to her family. U.S. government officials &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/02/10/world/isis-hostage-mueller/&quot;&gt;later revealed&lt;/a&gt; that she had been tortured and sexually abused by ISIS&#39; top leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi during her captivity. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150210100526-01-kayla-mueller-0210-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="Croatian national &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/08/12/middleeast/isis-croatian-hostage/&quot;&gt;Tomislav Salopek&lt;/a&gt; was a topographer who was kidnapped in July while driving to work in Egypt, the Croatian foreign ministry said. In August, ISIS released a video showing his apparent beheading. The same month the group posted another video, showing the decapitated head and body of antiquities expert &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2015/08/18/middleeast/isis-executes-antiquities-expert/&quot;&gt;Khaled al-Asaad&lt;/a&gt;. The 82-year old, who dedicated his life to preserving cultural relics, was killed for not revealing the location of ancient treasures. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/150812090842-tomislav-salopek-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="The first U.S. citizen to be killed by ISIS, &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/08/20/us/james-foley-life/&quot;&gt;James Foley&lt;/a&gt; was taken hostage in Syria in November 2012 and beheaded in August 2014. The 40-year old from Rochester, New Hampshire was an experienced war journalist who contributed videos to major media outlets including Agence France-Presse and GlobalPost. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-demand-load="loaded" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-hp-video.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-hp-video.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-topics.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-story-top.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-story-body.jpg" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/130102112937-james-foley-syria-story-body.jpg" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 1; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="Also a freelance journalist, &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/08/21/us/iraq-steven-sotloff/index.html&quot;&gt;Steven Sotloff&lt;/a&gt; disappeared during a reporting trip in Syria in August 2013 and was beheaded a year later. The U.S.-Israeli citizen, who wrote for publications like Time, Foreign Policy and Christian Science Monitor, was when he died. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-hp-video.png" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-horizontal-large-gallery.png" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-horizontal-large-gallery.png" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-horizontal-large-gallery.png" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-hp-video.png" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-topics.png" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-story-top.png" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140903145150-steven-sotloff-story-body.png" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="British national &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/09/13/world/meast/isis-haines-family-message/&quot;&gt;David Haines&lt;/a&gt; was abducted in March 2013 while working at a Syrian refugee camp for an aid group and executed a year later. The 44-year-old father of two had more than a decade of experience doing aid work providing logistics to Handicap International and as an unarmed peacekeeper with Nonviolent Peaceforce. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-hp-video.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-hp-video.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-topics.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-story-top.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140913224523-david-haines-02-story-body.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="Originally a taxi driver from the UK, &lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/10/03/world/meast/isis-alan-henning-beheading/&quot;&gt;Alan Henning&lt;/a&gt; was volunteering to deliver food and water to people affected by the Syrian civil war. He traveled to the Middle East in December 2013, was taken hostage on Boxing Day and held for more than a year before being killed.   " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140914123351-alan-henning-refugee-camp-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<img alt="&lt;a href=&quot;http://cnn.com/2014/11/17/world/meast/isis-peter-kassig-remembered/&quot;&gt;Peter Kassig&lt;/a&gt;, who served briefly as a U.S. Army Ranger, was working as a humanitarian worker in Syria when he was kidnapped on October 1, 2013 en route to deliver food and medical supplies. The 26-year old was confirmed dead after ISIS posted a video on November 16, 2014. " class="media__image media__image--responsive media__image--cut-format owl-lazy" data-cut-format="16:9" data-eq-pts="mini: 0,  xsmall: 221,  small: 308,  medium: 461,  large:  781" data-eq-state="xsmall" data-src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-small-169.jpg" data-src-full16x9="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-full-169.jpg" data-src-large="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-super-169.jpg" data-src-medium="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-exlarge-169.jpg" data-src-mini="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-small-169.jpg" data-src-mini1x1="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-small-11.jpg" data-src-small="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-large-169.jpg" data-src-xsmall="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/141116043125-peter-kassig-syria-border-medium-plus-169.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhEAAJAJEAAAAAAP///////wAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAQAAkAAAIKlI+py+0Po5yUFQA7" style="-webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d; -webkit-transition: opacity 400ms ease; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; height: 168.75px; margin-bottom: 0px; opacity: 0; position: absolute; transition: opacity 400ms ease; width: 300px;" /><div class="img__preloader" style="box-sizing: border-box;">
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<span class="el__storyelement__gray" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.5;"><a href="http://cnn.com/2014/11/17/world/meast/isis-peter-kassig-remembered/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;"></a></span></div>
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China hasn't been an active participant in the fight against ISIS, but, in the wake of the killing, pledged to "enhance its counter-terrorism cooperation with the international community."</div>
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But experts say the chances of Chinese aircraft flying alongside Russian and U.S. planes in Syria and Iraq are slim to none.</div>
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"It seems most likely that the Chinese government will continue to stay on the sidelines," said Xie Tao, a professor at Beijing Foreign Studies University.</div>
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Xie said there are multiple reasons for that. First, he said by officially declaring war on ISIS, Chinese officials fear that could draw further scrutiny from the group, and perhaps increase the chances of a<a href="http://www.cnn.com/specials/paris-terror-attacks" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">Paris-style attack</a> in China.</div>
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He also pointed to the notion of precedent.</div>
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If the Chinese were to join the anti-ISIS coalition, it would be a historic step in their foreign policy, ignoring a decades-old policy of nonintervention and potentially giving other countries leverage when asking China to take sides in future conflicts.</div>
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/18/opinions/ghitis-isis-self-destructive/index.html" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">Opinion: ISIS' scary motivation</a></div>
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<a href="http://cnn.com/2015/09/09/middleeast/isis-hostage-photos-dabiq-magazine/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">In September</a>, the two men were pictured in the online magazine wearing yellow jumpsuits with the words "FOR SALE" below their portraits.</div>
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A warning appeared beneath their portraits at the bottom of each page: "Note: This is a limited time offer."</div>
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Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said in September that the kidnappers had asked for ransom several times but the Norwegian government did not pay ransom.</div>
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In its publication Dabiq, ISIS said the two men had been "executed after being abandoned by kafir nations and organizations."</div>
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<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/11/world/isis-hostages/" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.2s; box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s;">ISIS has taken dozens of international hostages, </a>often seeking ransoms for them to swell its coffers, but when money isn't forthcoming, it has publicized its barbaric killings to score propaganda points.</div>
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Chinese and Norweijen citizens killed by ISIS.

Hong Kong (CNN) Beijing has vowed to bring ISIS to justice after the group said it had executed two hostages, a Chinese and a Norwegian. ...

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