France Confident But Cautious About Release Of Two Iraq Hostages
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France remains cautiously optimistic about the possible release of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, a government spokesman said Wednesday after a ministerial meeting on the crisis.
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Kidnappers of two French journalists in a statement Tuesday praised France&#39;s &quot;positive steps toward the Iraqi people,&quot; a sign that the hostage-takers may be softening their anti-French position.
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Hopes rose for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq after the French ambassador said they were alive and well and a visiting group of French Muslims voiced confidence the pair would be freed.
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The French foreign minister was expected Sunday to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. President Jacques Chirac confirmed Sunday he
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Paris - The operation to secure the liberation of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq was an exclusively French concern, ministers insisted on Thursday.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were handed over to intermediaries yesterday, raising hopes that they would soon be freed.
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France says it still hopes two French hostages in Iraq will be freed, although its foreign minister has returned from a Middle East mission empty-handed without securing their release.
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Hopes that Islamic militants will soon free two French hostages in Iraq are rising, despite confusion over which group is now holding them.
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PARIS, Sept 6  - The captors of two French journalists allegedly put forward Monday new demands for their release, but French officials cast doubt on the authenticity of the demands and remained cautiously optimistic about securing their release.
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France was torn between hope and doubt about its two hostages in Iraq on Wednesday after a purported French negotiator announced their imminent release but officials insisted they knew nothing about his efforts.
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France believes that two journalists held hostage in Iraq are still alive, but authorities have lost direct contact with their kidnappers, the foreign minister said Saturday.
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Two French hostages in Iraq could be  freed by the end of the week if U.S. forces open a "security  corridor" to allow their captors to free them, an adviser to a  self-appointed French negotiator said on Wednesday.
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The French Foreign Ministry has confirmed that two French journalists held hostage by an Iraqi insurgency group since August have been released.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - France said it had received word that two French reporters seized in Iraq were alive, and one of their employers claimed the kidnappers had handed them over to an Iraqi opposition group, raising hopes the hostages could soon be released.    Separately, two U.S...
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The French government reacted coolly on  Wednesday to a claim by a self-styled mediator that two French  journalists kidnapped in Iraq could be released soon.
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The French prime minister urges caution over reports that two French journalists held in Iraq may be freed.
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PARIS, France -- The French government says it still hopes two journalists held hostage in Iraq will be freed but that it does not want to put at risk their release by talking about the issue too much.