(2)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 after reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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