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The younger brother of a Japanese security worker taken captive in Iraq has said that a dead body shown in internet footage is his brother.
The Japanese media's reaction to its citizens who have been taken hostage in Iraq has left many observers bewildered.
Gavin Blair in Tokyo
The captors of a Japanese man in Iraq have released a new video apparently showing the ambush that led to his capture, while a group holding an Australian captive wants to set new conditions for his release.
Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura has appealed on Aljazeera for the safety of a Japanese security man who was wounded in an ambush in Iraq

The head of the Japan Defence Agency has said the activities of its troops in

US forces say they have killed dozens of armed fighters near the Iraq-Syria border, but al-Qaida in the Land of Two Rivers has denied the claim in a website statement, according to Aljazeera.

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Al Jazeera's exclusive publishing of a key Guantanamo prison military document lays bare the brutality of force-feeding.
Former military official says poverty and anger in indigenous communities mean conditions for an "insurgency" are ripe.
A four-part series that gives a rare insight into the country on the move, with history in tow.
Series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures.
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A four-part series that gives a rare insight into the country on the move, with history in tow.
Series on the Palestinian 'catastrophe' of 1948 that led to dispossession and conflict that still endures.
Two years since the start of the uprising, rebels and Assad's forces remain locked in conflict.
China aims to expand its influence in the resource rich area.
Extensive coverage of war crimes tribunals and controversial calls for blasphemy laws.
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