French FM appeals for release of hostages in Iraq
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier made an impassioned plea to try to save the lives of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as an ultimatum issued by their kidnappers neared expiry.
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PARIS, France -- The French fiancee of a US journalist kidnapped in Iraq has made an appeal for his release, saying her partner was only doing his job.
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The government appealed for the release of a Briton held hostage in Iraq in a message aired on Arabic satellite television channels.
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A purported statement by Iraqi militants  holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million  ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline.
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FRENCH President Jacques Chirac renewed his appeal here today for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq. The French leader issued the appeal at a news conference following talks with Russian
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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's foreign minister appealed Monday for the release of two French journalists abducted in Baghdad, saying he was in the Middle East to explain that his nation respects all religions and that he was not ...
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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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Diplomatic efforts mount as a deadline nears for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his foreign minister to the Middle East to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in ...
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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 free them from kidnappers ...
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Two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq have pleaded for Paris to meet their captors&#39; demands and reverse a ban on Muslim headscarves for girls in public schools.
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French PM Jean-Pierre Raffarin urges caution on reports that two French journalists held in Iraq may soon be freed.
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French President Jacques Chirac sent his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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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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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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Iraq&#39;s radical Shiite Muslim leader, Moqtada Sadr, is calling for the release of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq.