Killing deadline extended a day

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A group claiming to hold kidnapped Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl extended the deadline for killing him by one day in an e-mail sent Thursday and warned his abduction is just the beginning.

In Washington, Secretary of State Colin Powell said "we are doing everything we can" to win Pearl's release, but ruled out bending to demands made in previous e-mails to return of prisoners from the Afghan campaign. It was impossible to determine whether Thursday's unsigned e-mail, received by Western and Pakistani media, was actually sent by the kidnappers, who abducted Pearl.

The e-mail warned that unless the demands are met, "the Amrikans will get what they deserve. Don't think this will be the end. It is the beginning and it is a real war on Amrikans."