French convicted of kidnap in Chad set to fly home
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N'DJAMENA  - Six French aid workers sentenced to hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children were being flown to France on Friday to serve their terms there, a Chadian justice ministry official said.
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Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno said Thursday he was willing to pardon six French aid workers convicted of trying to fly more than 100 children out of the country, now serving their jail terms in France.
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Chad's president says he is ready to pardon French aid workers jailed for abducting children from his country.
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Two French journalists were heading home  to France on Wednesday after the end of a 4-month hostage  ordeal in Iraq which left many unanswered questions about the  government's handling of the crisis.
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N'DJAMENA  - Six French aid workers sentenced to hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children will be returned to France on Friday under an accord between the two states, a Chad justice ministry official said.
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A court in Chad has set December 21  as the date for the start of the trial of six French  humanitarian workers accused of trying to smuggle 103 African  children to Europe, lawyers said on Thursday.
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Six French charity workers sentenced to eight years of forced labor for trying to kidnap 103 children from this African country will return to France, a Chadian official said Friday.
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Two French journalists freed after four months held hostage in Iraq are set for an emotional welcome home.
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Two French journalists freed from a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq came home Wednesday, saying they had feared for their lives &#151; sometimes being moved bound and blindfolded in the back of a truck amid the sounds of nearby explosions &#151; but had never lost hope.
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N'DJAMENA  - France prepared a formal request on Thursday asking Chad to send home six French aid workers sentenced to eight years' hard labor for trying to kidnap 103 children, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said.
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Six French charity workers sentenced to eight years of forced labor for trying to kidnap 103 children from Chad will return to France, a Chadian official said.
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Two French journalists headed home to a  heroes' welcome on Wednesday after a 4-month hostage ordeal in  Iraq which Paris said ended without a ransom being paid.
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PARIS -- After four months of captivity in Iraq, two French journalists have arrived safely home. French journalists Christian Chesnot (left) and Georges Malbrunot returned to France after being held captive in Iraq.
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Two sons of a Pakistani family who won a reprieve from deportation are scheduled to be flown home.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq headed home today, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which opposed the U.S. invasion.
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Dozens of people abducted by a Ugandan rebel group are due to be flown home, hoping to be reunited with families.
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N'DJAMENA  - Six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor each after a court in Chad found them guilty on Wednesday of trying to kidnap 103 children from the African country.