France enters crisis talks on journalists held in Iraq
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French officials gathered for crisis talks Tuesday to save the lives of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, while aides to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the release of the reporters as a deadline set by militants
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France says it does not yet know whether a French female journalist missing in Iraq since early on Wednesday has been taken hostage, and has urged journalists not to travel to 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.
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CAIRO, Egypt  - France scrambled to secure the  release of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants  who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial  ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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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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French leaders began high-level meetings  on Sunday on the fate of two French hostages in Iraq after  Foreign Minister Michel Barnier returned to Paris empty-handed  from a Middle East rescue mission.
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BAGHDAD : France held its breath for two of its reporters kidnapped in Iraq, while the war-torn country&#39;s ailing economy was dealt a massive blow after a key export pipeline suffered its biggest post-war attack.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin today called a crisis meeting to discuss the fate of the two French journalists still held hostage in Iraq, as efforts to secure their release threatened to descend into farce.
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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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Two French journalists have been taken hostage in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding the rescission of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools, the Arabic satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported.
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The French foreign minister was expected Sunday to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq.
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Two French journalists have been taken hostage in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools, the Arabic satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported.
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The French President has called for national unity for the sake of two French hostages in Iraq, as a row broke out over a failed attempt to free them.
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An anxious French government accelerated  its diplomatic bid to save two French reporters held hostage in  Iraq on Tuesday as a fresh kidnapper deadline neared for Paris  to scrap a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre  Raffarin called a ministerial 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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In the framework of developments concerning the situation of hostages held in Iraq, the French TV quoted unofficial mediator that seeks to liberate the two kidnapped French hostages in Iraq, saying that he had met the two French held journalists Christian
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France says two journalists captured in Iraq are thought to be alive but there is no news on other captives.