ISIS silent as deadline passes with no swap

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Families of a Japanese journalist and Jordanian military pilot remained in limbo on Friday, a day after the latest purported deadline for a possible prisoner swap passed with no further word from the ISIS group holding them captive. Japanese officials had no progress to report after a late night that ended with the Jordanian Government saying it would only release an al-Qaida prisoner from death row if it got proof the airman was alive. “There is nothing I can tell you,” government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said. He reiterated Japan’s “strong trust” in the Jordanians to help save the Japanese hostage, freelance journalist Kenji Goto.     

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