French president, FM slate freelance efforts to free hostages
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French President Jacques Chirac has lashed out at a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as &quot;interference&quot; and said he hoped it would not thwart the delicate process, aides said.
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The French foreign minister is to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. In a televised address after a day of government crisis talks, President Jacques Chirac on Sunday
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PARIS Aug. 29, 2004 - President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to
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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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The French president tries to defuse a row over a failed attempt to free two journalists held in Iraq.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier flew back to Paris from Jordan on Saturday 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 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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French President Jacques Chirac on Monday issued a new appeal for the liberation of two French hostages held by militants in Iraq.
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The French government sent its foreign minister Sunday to the Middle East region to try to free two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as a truce was reached in Baghdad&#39;s slum of Sadr City.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been released, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told parliament on Tuesday.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been released, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has said. &quot;I have the profound joy of announcing that Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot have
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French President Jacques Chirac slammed a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as &quot;interference&quot;, while the freelance effort appeared to have flopped.
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Two French officials met with the leader of a Sunni Muslim religious group Tuesday, saying they had re-established &#39;&#39;the thread of contact&#39;&#39; they hoped would lead to the release of two French hostages.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has summoned colleagues for an emergency meeting to discuss the kidnapping of two journalists in Iraq.
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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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BAGHDAD/PARIS  - France said Friday two French  hostages held in Iraq were being well treated but there were  hurdles to overcome to secure their release.
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Pope John Paul, echoing appeals by Muslim  leaders, called Wednesday for the release of two French  journalists held hostage in Iraq as France's foreign minister  pressed on with a Middle East rescue mission.