France sends minister in effort to save journalists
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France last night dispatched its foreign minister, Michel Barnier, to the Middle East in an attempt to save the lives of two journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who have demanded that Paris revokes its ban on Islamic headscarves in schools.
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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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The French government held a crisis meeting on Thursday over the fate of two journalists held hostage in Iraq after a new purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had demanded a ransom or set a deadline.
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The French president tries to defuse a row over a failed attempt to free two journalists held in Iraq.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin called an emergency ministerial meeting Sunday to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq, local media reported.
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The French government convoked Monday an emergency meeting over the release of two French journalists still held in hostage in Iraq, after parliamentary deputy Didier Julia's failure to secure their release.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has flown back to Paris from Jordan to brief President Jacques Chirac on efforts to save two French hostages in Iraq amid hopes they will soon be freed.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier  flew back to Paris from Jordan on Saturday to brief President  Jacques Chirac on efforts to save two French hostages in Iraq  amid hopes they will soon be freed.
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PARIS, Aug 30  - The French government said on Monday it planned to go ahead with the introduction this week of a ban on Islamic headscarves and other religious insignia in schools, despite an ultimatum from extremists holding two French journalists
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French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday that he would immediately dispatch his foreign minister to the Middle East to help negotiate the release of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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PARIS Aug. 29, 2004 - 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
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An anxious French government accelerated  its diplomatic bid to save two French reporters held hostage in  Iraq on Tuesday as a fresh kidnapper deadline neared for Paris  to scrap a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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France says it has stepped up its efforts to free two French journalists being held hostage by Iraqi militants who are demanding an end to a ban on Islamic headscarves in French schools.
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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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Journalists are insisting help is needed for those required to bear witness to the atrocities of war.
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The French prime minister urges caution over reports that two French journalists held in Iraq may be freed.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - A French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen wants international media watchdogs to press for his release, a Somali journalist related to the kidnappers said on Thursday.