French Ex-Hostages Debriefed, Political Storm Rages
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French secret service agents on Thursday debriefed two French journalists after their release from a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq, as a political storm raged over a botched freelance attempt to free the men.
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Confusion surrounded the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a new purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had demanded a $5 million ransom or set a 48-hour deadline.
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The group holding the two French journalists hostage in Iraq have issued a scathing denunciation of France on its Web site, saying the country has a &quot;history of oppression and persecution of Muslims and Islam.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre  Raffarin met ministers for a crisis meeting on two French  journalists held hostage in Iraq on Monday as efforts to secure  their release threatened to turn into a fiasco.
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The flight of a convicted killer enjoying asylum in France has frustrated Italy's efforts to bring ex-guerrillas to justice and reopened wounds from an era when the Red Brigades terrorized the country.
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In his last newspaper dispatch before he and a colleague fell into the hands of Islamic kidnappers on Aug. 19, French reporter Georges Malbrunot wrote from Iraq that &quot;more
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The French government held a crisis  meeting on Thursday over the fate of two journalists held  hostage in Iraq after a new purported statement from the  kidnappers denied they had demanded a ransom or set a deadline.
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PARIS Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin of France said Sunday that he was unable to confirm the authenticity of a statement attributed to a militant group called the Islamic Army in Iraq that said it was releasing two French hostages, on condition
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PARIS, Oct 4  - A French MP behind a failed bid to free two French reporters held hostage in Iraq defended his freelance operation Monday amid sharp official and media criticism that he may have endangered their lives.
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Confusion surrounded the fate of two  French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a new  purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had  demanded a $5 million ransom or set a 48-hour deadline.
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The flight of a convicted killer enjoying  asylum in France has frustrated Italy's efforts to bring  ex-guerrillas to justice and reopened wounds from an era when  the Red Brigades terrorized the country.
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Two French journalists freed from a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq came home Wednesday, saying they had feared for their lives sometimes
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Two French journalists freed after being held hostage in Iraq for four months returned to Paris on Wednesday and had an emotional reunion with their families, while telling of their &quot;very difficult&quot; time in captivity.
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The French government, in crisis mode, on Sunday called for the release of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding that Paris rescind a ban on headscarves in state schools.
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PARIS (France): France said on Sunday that it was more than ever mobilized after two French journalists were taken hostage in Iraq by militants demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.
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French ministers have been holding emergency meetings to discuss how to respond to the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.
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France scrambled to secure the freedom of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.