France asks US to see Syrian driver over fate of hostages
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France has asked the United States to give it access &quot;as soon as possible&quot; to the freed Syrian driver of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier revealed.
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France pressed on with efforts to save  two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a  deadline to rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves in state  schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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France and the United States agree there is no point in talking to Syria because the conditions for an honest dialogue do not exist, President Jacques Chirac said on Wednesday.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has flown back to Paris from Jordan to brief President Jacques Chirac on efforts to save two French hostages in Iraq amid hopes they will soon be freed.
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his Foreign Minister to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two journalists who are being held hostage in Iraq.
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Muhamed al-Joundi, a Syrian driver who was taken hostage in Iraq last August with two French journalists, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. military, alleging bad treatment and torture, his lawyer's office said.
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A Syrian, who worked as a driver in Iraq,  filed a suit in Paris Tuesday for "maltreatment and torture"  against a U.S. general who commanded a Marine offensive in  Falluja.
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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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France is engaged in 11th hour diplomacy as it dispatches two envoys to the Middle East to try and secure the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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Two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq appealed late Monday for their countrymen and president to save their lives by giving in to their captors' demand to rescind a ban on Muslim head scarves in French schools.
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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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The French government prepared for crisis talks Tuesday to save the lives of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, while aides to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the release of the reporters as a ...
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France was torn between hope and doubt about its two hostages in Iraq on Wednesday after a purported French negotiator announced their imminent release but officials insisted they knew nothing about his ...
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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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After months of brewing tensions, the United States yesterday ratcheted up the pressure on Syria, joining forces with France and pressing for action at the United Nations to get Damascus to curtail its military intervention in Lebanon.
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French deputy and law maker Didier Julia evaluates the latest developments on the French hostages to journalists in Syriaâs capital Damascus on Friday.
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The French government held crisis talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over whether their kidnappers had demanded a ransom and two-day deadline.