An American hostage abducted in Pakistan by al-Qaida last August says he'll be killed unless President Barack Obama agrees to his captors' demands.

In a video released Sunday, Warren Weinstein says, "My life is in your hands, Mr. President."

Al-Qaida says it wants the U.S. to stop airstrikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen, and it demands the release of al-Qaida and Taliban suspects around the world.

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