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Al-Qaeda Murders British Hostage Held in Mali

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 3, 2009 3:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – A British hostage held in Mali has been killed by his al-Qaeda captors, the terror group announced on a website. Prime Minister Gordon Brown condemned the murder as an "appalling and barbaric act of terrorism," reports the BBC. Edwin Dyer was kidnapped in...   Read full story »

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