France Celebrates as Freed Hostages Head Home
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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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Two French journalists were freed in Iraq Tuesday, ending a 4-month hostage ordeal at the hands of Islamic militants that had shocked France and embarrassed President Jacques Chirac&#39;s government.
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Parisians mark the 60th anniversary of the French capital's liberation from the Nazis.
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PARIS -- Joy swept France with the release yesterday of two French reporters held hostage in Iraq for four months. The government said Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot should be home for Christmas.
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A relieved Italy broke into celebration after two Italian aid workers kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago were released Tuesday, arriving home hours later aboard a private jet.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq arrived home, describing a harrowing four-month ordeal during which they feared for their lives but never lost hope.
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Rome - Hundreds of people cheered and applauded on Tuesday outside the home of one of the two Italian aid workers freed in Baghdad, celebrating the release of the women after an anguished three-week wait.
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TWO French journalists freed after four months of being held hostage in Iraq returned yesterday to an emotional reunion in Paris with their families and a jubilant President Jacques Chirac.
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in Paris as the relieved government basks in a national wave of joy at their safe release. military airport outside the capital on Wednesday one day after they were freed by Iraqi militants.
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The final South Koreans freed by the Taleban head home, amid rows over the deal made to secure their release.
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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - Two UN workers who were held hostage for nearly a month by Afghan kidnappers left Kabul on Sunday to fly home.
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned to a heroes' welcome in  Paris on Wednesday as the relieved government basked in a  national wave of joy at their safe release.
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There is only one story for the entire French media on Wednesday - the release and return home of the French hostages Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot
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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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Two French journalists freed from a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq came home Wednesday, saying they had feared for their lives - sometimes being moved bound and blindfolded in the back of a truck amid the ...
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A Colombian woman freed last week after six years in rebel hands goes home with news of fellow hostages.
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is all smiles as released hostages Simona Torretta (R) and Simon Pari celebrate as they arrive at Ciampino Airport in Rome September 28, 2004.