French FM returns to Paris after Mideast tour to gain release of ...
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier returned to Pairs from Amman on Saturday evening after hisMiddle East tour to gain the release of two French journalists, still held in hostage in Iraq, French radio RFI reported.
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PARIS -- Two French journalists released by militants in Iraq returned to a jubilant France yesterday and described a four-month ordeal during which masked gunmen shuttled them among five hide-outs and interrogated them at length as combat thundered nearby.
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Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia and other leaders traveled to France to see Yasser Arafat at a military hospital near Paris in a visit condemned by Arafat&#39;s wife, Palestinian officials said.
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Two French journalists were heading home to France on Wednesday after the end of a 4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq which left many unanswered questions about the government&#39;s handling of the crisis.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be flown to Paris for treatment, doctors said Thursday.
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Description: A French plane departs Amman, Jordan, carrying Palestinian President Yasser Arafat to Paris for urgent medical treatment.
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The two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for 124 days and freed on Tuesday arrived at about 1730 GMT Wednesday at the Villacoublay military airbase near Paris,where French president greeted them in the drizzle.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier left Tripoli overnight following talks with Moamer Kadhafi to pave the way for a visit here by French President Jacques Chirac, in another sign of the rapid reintegration of former pariah state Libya into the international fold.
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Former France captain Zinedine Zidane arrives in his parents' homeland Algeria for the first time in 20 years.
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A French envoy arrived in Beirut on Tuesday to hand out invitations to rival Lebanese leaders for a meeting in France later this month aimed at easing tensions in the country.
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DUBAI, Sept 28  - A purported French envoy seeking the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq told Al-Arabiya television Tuesday he had seen the pair and a deal had been reached for their release.
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A French military jet carrying an ailing Yasser Arafat landed Friday at an airfield outside Paris, bringing the Palestinian leader for treatment of a mysterious illness.
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to Ramallah by helicopter. Palestinians welcomed his return as if he was still alive, chanting, &quot;Welcome Abu Ammar, welcome the old man.
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Two French journalists headed home to a  heroes' welcome on Wednesday after a 4-month hostage ordeal in  Iraq which Paris said ended without a ransom being paid.
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A French national jailed in Iran for more than a year for straying into territorial waters during a fishing expedition was released on Sunday, French diplomats said.
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CLAMART, France  - Palestinian leader Yasser  Arafat, weakened by what doctors say may be leukemia, left the  West Bank for the first time in 2-1/2 years on Friday and flew  to France for treatment in a military hospital.