A frame grab from video footage released by Pakistani Taliban militants Feb.8, 2009 shows kidnapped Polish geologist Piotr Stanczak at an unknown location. Stanczak was kidnapped near Attock city, about 65 km (40 miles) west of Islamabad on September 28. A tape was delivered to the office of a Reuters reporter in the northwestern town of Dera Ismail Khan showing two masked men cutting off Stanczak's head, whom the militants said they killed because Pakistan's government refused to release Taliban prisoners. [Xinhua/Reuters]
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