French hostages still alive
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TWO French journalists taken hostage in Iraq in August are still alive, and "indirect" negotiations have resumed to try to free them, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told officials today.
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The managing editor of France's Le Figaro newspaper told a radio station Thursday that two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were still believed alive, even after militants' deadline passed for Paris to overturn a law banning Islamic head scarves or see the pair killed.
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley, kidnapped 10 days ago by gunmen in Iraq, is still alive, a London-based Muslim activist who has good contacts with Islamist groups in Iraq said on Sunday.
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Two young Italian women taken hostage in Iraq are believed to be still alive, King Abdullah II of Jordan said the day before he is due to visit Italy.
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The two French hostages just released from captivity in Iraq spoke of the &quot;tough experience&quot; at the hands of their Iraqi captors who held them in captivity for four months.
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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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Japan refused to give up hope that a  Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq was still alive on Friday  after the passing of a deadline set by his captors to behead  him unless Tokyo withdrew its troops.
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France has vowed not to give in to the demands of terrorists who are holding two French journalists in Iraq. Militants calling themselves the Islamic Army in Iraq have said that they will release Georges Malbrunot
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British hostage Kenneth Bigley, kidnapped  10 days ago by gunmen in Iraq, is still alive, a London-based  Muslim activist who has good contacts with Islamist groups in  Iraq said on Sunday.
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French reporters Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot, who will mark their 100th day in captivity on Saturday, are now the longest-held Western hostages in Iraq as French diplomatic efforts to free them continue to flounder.
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PARIS - Two French journalists freed after being held captive in Iraq arrived in Paris Wednesday, saying they never lost hope during their four-month ordeal.
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France's foreign minister says he "understands" two Israeli soldiers kidnapped in Lebanon last year are alive.
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France said on Sunday two French reporters held hostage with their Syrian driver in Iraq were still alive a few days ago. &quot;We are working discreetly, following up leads, reestablishing
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France remains cautiously optimistic about the possible release of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, a government spokesman said Wednesday after a ministerial meeting on the crisis.
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THE brother of the British hostage held in Iraq today said he had received information that engineer Kenneth Bigley was still alive.
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A negotiator trying to secure the release of the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq has said he is with them and they could be free &quot;within hours&quot;.
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France said on Monday there were indications that two French hostages held in Iraq will be freed and a Muslim negotiator said talks over their release were in the "delivery phase."