France Says Hostages Still Alive a Few Days Ago
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France said on Sunday two French reporters held hostage with their Syrian driver in Iraq were still alive a few days ago.
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The two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq have been released after more than four months, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confirmed today.
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TIRANA, Sept 7  - French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said on Tuesday he was convinced it was still possible to secure the release of two French journalists who have been held hostage in Iraq since August 20.
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Four Britons and a Frenchwoman who disappeared in the remote Ethiopian desert more than a week ago are &quot;safe&quot; but still held by their kidnappers, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Friday.
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TWO Italian aid workers being held hostage in Iraq are alive, Jordan's King Abdullah II said in an interview published today.
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The managing editor of France's Le Figaro newspaper told a radio station Thursday that two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were still believed alive, even after militants' deadline passed for Paris to overturn a law banning Islamic head scarves or see the pair killed.
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TWO French journalists taken hostage in Iraq in August are still alive, and "indirect" negotiations have resumed to try to free them, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told officials today.
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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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BAGHDAD, SEPTEMBER 8: The French government held crisis talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over whether their kidnappers had demanded a ransom and two-day deadline.
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PARIS - Two French journalists freed after being held captive in Iraq arrived in Paris Wednesday, saying they never lost hope during their four-month ordeal.
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Two young Italian women taken hostage in Iraq are believed to be still alive, King Abdullah II of Jordan said the day before he is due to visit Italy.
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The managing editor of France's Le Figaro newspaper told a radio station Thursday that two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were still believed alive, even after militants' deadline passed for Paris to ...
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Reports say France is still talking to the kidnappers of two reporters after a deadline for their execution expires.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that two French journalists kidnapped south of Baghdad nearly three months ago were thought to be in a fairly safe zone in Iraq ( news - web sites ), based on ...
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France remained hopeful on Sunday that two French hostages in Iraq would be freed and a religious fatwa issued in Iraq demanded their release.
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Defense minister believes two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq are in good health, their release is possible. PARIS - France on Monday urged patience and caution as the country awaited word about two French
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France does not yet know whether a French female journalist missing in Iraq since early on Wednesday has been taken hostage, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier says.