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Islamic State militants make new offer for release of Jordanian hostage
Islamic State militants have set a new deadline for swapping Iraqi prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi for a captured Jordanian pilot. A message allegedly from IS says al-Rishawi should be delivered to the Turkish border by sunset on Thursday. It says the Jordanian hostage will be executed "immediately" if Jordan does not hand her over by the new deadline. Jordanian state TV quoted government spoke...
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