Japan Says Efforts to Contact Islamic State About Hostages Have Failed MARTIN FACKLER Officials said that they were trying every avenue to reach the militants who have threatened to kill two Japanese men, as time runs out on a ransom deadline. January 23, 2015 at 12:00AM http://nyti.ms/1EuZCMZ The New York Times World Kidnapping and Hostages

By MARTIN FACKLER via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. World http://nyti.ms/1EuZCMZ Japan Says Efforts to Contact Islamic State About Hostages Have Failed January 23, 2015 at 12:00AM The New York Times