French journalists kidnapped in Iraq over headscarf ban
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An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two Frenchmen and given the French government 48 hours to end a ban on Muslim headscarves. Arabic television station Al Jazeera has shown a brief video showing two men
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PARIS - Islamic militants in Iraq have kidnapped two French journalists and demanded the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools, the first time they have demanded a policy change abroad that is not connected to their own country.
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Jazeera identified the hostages as reporters George Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot. Last week, the French Foreign Ministry. said the two men had gone missing in Iraq.
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France&#39;s government and leaders of its Muslim minority are urging Iraqi militants to free two French journalists they are holding hostage to try to force Paris to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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CAIRO Aug 30 - 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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An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two French citizens and is demanding the French government end a ban on Muslim headscarves to free them, Arabic television station Al Jazeera said Saturday.
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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 kidnapping of two French journalists  in Iraq has injected new tension into France's debate over  banning Islamic headscarves in schools just as Paris was hoping  for a smooth start to the school year this week.
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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 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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The two French hostages seized by Islamic militants in Iraq are missing journalists Christian Chesnot of Radio France Internationale, and Georges Malbrunot, of Paris daily Le Figaro, the Arabic satellite news channel Al-Jazeera reported.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year ...
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Two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq on Monday night warned that they faced death if France refused to yield to their kidnappers' demands to repeal legislation which will ban Islamic headscarves in ...
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AMMAN, Jordan -- France is pressing on with efforts to secure the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, after a deadline to revoke a law banning Muslim headscarves in schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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Paris confirms two French journalists are missing in Iraq as concern grows for the safety of an Italian.
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PARIS: France has pledged not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law banning Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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Iraqi militants have kidnapped two Frenchmen to protest France's ban on students wearing Islamic head coverings in public schools, according to a tape aired by Al-Jazeera television.