Chirac Demands Release of Hostages in Iraq
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France demanded Islamic militants release two journalists held hostage in Iraq on Sunday and defended the ban on Muslim headscarves in school the kidnappers want revoked.
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France says it has stepped up its efforts to free two French journalists being held hostage by Iraqi militants who are demanding an end to a ban on Islamic headscarves in French schools.
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Iraq&#39;s radical Shiite Muslim leader, Moqtada Sadr, is calling for the release of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq.
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The French government intensified efforts to secure the release of two journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, a day after they were shown on Arabic television pleading for their lives.
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President Jacques Chirac called for national unity on Tuesday over France's hostage crisis in Iraq, after a bid by self-appointed mediators failed to free two journalists held by Islamist militants.
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PARIS - President Jacques Chirac vowed Sunday to spare no effort to free two French journalists held hostage in Iraq by militants reportedly demanding that France revoke its law banning Islamic head scarves in schools.   "The whole nation is gathered together because what's at stake is the lives of two French people, the defense of freedom of expression, and also the values of our Republic," Chirac said in a televised address...
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An Iraqi group reportedly holding two French journalists has demanded a $5 million ransom - to be paid within 48 hours. The statement was posted on a website and suggested Journalists Christian Chesnot and
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French President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister on an urgent mission to the Middle East to secure the release of two journalists kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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An Iraqi group purportedly holding two  French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million ransom on  Monday and set a 48-hour deadline for their demands to be met.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been released, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told parliament on Tuesday.
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President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to free them from kidnappers ...
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Arab journalists call for the release of a French reporter missing in Iraq - if indeed she has been kidnapped.
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France has vowed not to give in to the demands of terrorists who are holding two French journalists in Iraq. Militants calling themselves the Islamic Army in Iraq have said that they will release Georges Malbrunot
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CAIRO : French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier made an impassioned plea to try to save the lives of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as an ultimatum issued by their kidnappers neared expiry.
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President Chirac warns French journalists against going to Iraq, two days after a reporter disappeared in Baghdad.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have called on president Jacques Chirac to save their lives by giving in to the demands of their kidnappers.
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PARIS - French President Jacques Chirac has lashed out at a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as âinterferenceâ and said he hoped it would not thwart the delicate process, aides said Saturday.