French hostages free for Christmas
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Two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq last August are expected to arrive home later in time for Christmas. The French Parliament erupted with applause when Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced
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THE French government remained tight-lipped today about the fate of two French journalists abducted over a month ago in Iraq as the release of up to 10 hostages there raised fresh hopes that they could be freed.
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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&#39;s handling of the crisis.
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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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An Iraqi insurgency group says it has released two French journalists held hostage since August, delivering them to the French Embassy in Baghdad, the Arab-language television network Al-Jazeera reported.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year began.
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French tax-payers have received an unusual piece of good news to enliven the Christmas season: under plans being finalised at the finance ministry, 2008 is to be tax-free!
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Militants released seven foreign hostages Wednesday after their employer paid &#36;500,000 ransom, while France mustered support from Muslims at home and abroad to push for the release of two French journalists still held captive in Iraq.
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The captors of an French-American journalist being held in Iraq have announced he will be released soon.
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A C130 Hercules plane carrying two French journalists released after a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq, sits on the runway at the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos, Cyprus, December 22, 2004.
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France was doing everything possible to secure the release of a woman journalist taken hostage in Iraq last month, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.
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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 yesterday, four months after they were snatched by Islamic militants. Christian Chesnot, 37, and Georges Malbrunot, 41, had been held since August after they were
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The two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for 124 days and freed on Tuesday arrived at about 1730 GMT Wednesday at the Villacoublay military airbase near Paris,where French president greeted them in the drizzle.
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Two French reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq have been released and handed over to French authorities, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
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French police on Tuesday freed hostages held by armed robbers in a bank in a south Paris suburb after persuading the men to end their siege.
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Two reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released in Baghdad on Tuesday and should be home in time for Christmas.