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Urgent: New message believed to be from Japanese hostage posted online

Xinhua, January 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

A new message believed to be from Kenji Goto, being held by the Islamic State militants, was posted on the Internet, stating the Jordanian pilot will be killed unless Sajida al-Rishawa brought to Turkish border by Thursday sunset ( Iraq time), local media reported. Endi