French hostages in video plea
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TWO French hostages held in Iraq were shown in a video today urging their government to revoke a ban on the Islamic scarf, while their kidnappers extended their deadline.
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A video tape posted on the Internet  Sunday showed British hostage Kenneth Bigley making a final  appeal to the British government to meet his captors' demands  before he was beheaded by a militant Islamist group.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared  in a video tape aired on Wednesday, pleading with Prime  Minister Tony Blair to meet the demands of his captors in Iraq  to release Iraqi women prisoners.
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Visiting French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier on Monday called for the release of two French journalists taken hostages in Iraq.
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The French leader urges hostage-takers in Iraq to free two journalists - 100 days after they were taken.
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A purported statement by Iraqi militants  holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million  ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline.
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Aljazeera has aired a video tape showing two French journalists captured in Iraq by an armed group. The video on Saturday showed the two men standing in front of a banner bearing the name of the &quot;Islamic Army in Iraq&quot;.
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The French Foreign Minister has called for the release of two French journalists being held hostage by Islamist kidnappers in Iraq.
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The Polish woman held hostage in Iraq appeared in a new video, aired on Al-Jazeera satellite channel, pleading her nation to withdraw troops from the country and the release of women prisoners to save her life.
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A video tape posted on the Internet Sunday showed British hostage Kenneth Bigley making a final appeal to the British government to meet his captors' demands before he was beheaded by a militant Islamist group.
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Two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq have pleaded for Paris to meet their captors&#39; demands and reverse a ban on Muslim headscarves for girls in public schools.
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CAIRO, Egypt Aug. 28, 2004 - Islamic militants released a brief tape showing two French journalists kidnapped recently in Iraq, saying they were holding the men to protest a French law banning headscarves
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LONDON -- A videotape broadcast yesterday showed a British hostage in Iraq shackled in a cage and wearing an orange jumpsuit, pleading with Prime Minister Tony Blair to help save his life and accusing him of not doing enough to secure his freedom.
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Two French journalists who have been held hostage in Iraq since August say they are &quot;in good health&quot; in a video that has been given to their families, the brother of one of the journalists says.
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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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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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Here is the full text of hostage Kenneth Bigley's video statement, posted on the Internet late Wednesday and appealing to Prime Minister Tony Blair to deal with his captors in Iraq: