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                    [Title] => Activists: Outreach made to IS over Christian captives
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Syrian Christian leaders and Sunni tribal sheikhs are reaching out to the Islamic State group to try to negotiate the release of more than 220 Christians who were kidnapped by the militants last week, activists said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-03-02 04:18:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1729370 [AuthorName] => Ryan Lucas [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1427835 [Title] => Abducted Syrian Christians moved to militant stronghold [Summary] =>

Islamic State militants have moved a large group of Christians they abducted to one of their strongholds as fighting raged on Wednesday between the extremists and Kurdish and Christian militiamen for control of a chain of villages along a strategic river in northeastern Syria, activists and state-run media said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-26 08:53:03 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796237 [AuthorName] => Zeina Karam [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20150226/mideast-syria-islamic-state.jpg ) ) )
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