Chirac seeks hostages&#39; release
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journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools. &quot;Backed up by this national unity, I solemnly call for the release of Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot.
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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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A purported French envoy seeking the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq told Al-Arabiya television he had seen the pair and a deal had been reached for their release.
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A group of Arab journalists call for the release of a French reporter missing in Iraq - if indeed she has been kidnapped.
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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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French government officials called for the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq by a group demanding that France rescind a ban on Islamic headscarves in the nation&#39;s schools, Agence
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have urged the French government to give in to their captors&#39; demand by revoking a law banning Muslim head scarves in public schools
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PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East yesterday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to free them from kidnappers demanding that France scrap its ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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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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Two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq have called on Frances president to obey their kidnappers demand and rescind the ban on Muslim head scarves in schools to save their lives.
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Two French hostages in Iraq urge France to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools to save their lives.
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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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President Jacques Chirac called for national unity to help free two French reporters held hostage in Iraq after recriminations over a botched unofficial rescue mission badly embarrassed him and his government.
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Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa called for the release as soon as possible of two French journalists being held hostage by Islamist kidnappers in Iraq.
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French President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister on an urgent mission to the Middle East to secure the release of two journalists kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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A Paris-based rights group Monday called on visiting French President Jacques Chirac to help seek the release of a jailed Chinese journalist and cyber dissident during his visit to the city of Shanghai.
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France's government and leaders of its Muslim minority urged Iraqi militants Sunday to free two French journalists they were holding hostage in a bid to force Paris to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.