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A picture released by militant separatists shows five Western tourists, captured two weeks ago, held hostage somewhere in India's Jammu-Kashmir state. The Muslim guerrillas, who are fighting for the state's independence from predominantly Hindu India, threatened to kill the hostages if India did not release 21 jailed guerrillas by Monday night.

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