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    Headless body found in Iraq river

    A headless body in an orange jumpsuit has been found in the Tigris River in Baghdad, the US military has said.
    A military spokeswoman said Iraqi police had discovered the body and handed it over to the Americans.

    It is not yet known whether the corpse belongs to a Bulgarian hostage beheaded by Islamic militants in Iraq on Monday.

    The captors have threatened to execute the dead man's Bulgarian colleague unless their demands for prisoner releases are met.

    Reuters news agency quoted the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy as saying efforts were being made to identify the headless body "by all possible means, by DNA tests and fingerprints, etc".

    His deputy, Gergana Grancharova, said fingerprints from the body were being sent to Bulgaria.

    Meanwhile a separate militant group holding a Filipino hostage in Iraq has said Philippine troops must leave Iraq by the end of July - an extension from an earlier deadline of 20 July.

    In a statement on Arabic TV station al-Jazeera, the group it would release the hostage when the last Philippine soldier leaves Iraq. It has threatened to kill the hostage if their demand is not met.

    Al-Jazeera showed video footage of the hostage, Angelo de la Cruz, apparently thanking his government for pulling out of Iraq.

    The man's voice was not heard and there was no proof of the date of the video.

    Despite pressure from the US and Australia not to give in to the hostage-takers, Manila has agreed to withdraw its small contingent of troops.

    Al-Jazeera has also received a video recording of the Bulgarian hostage's death, but it decided not to broadcast the graphic sections of the tape.

    The video showed the Bulgarians - wearing an orange garment similar to those worn by other foreign hostages before they were killed - kneeling in front of three masked men dressed in black.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3898327.stm
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