France Says Doing All It Can to Free Iraq Hostage
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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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PARIS, Sep 8  (IPS) - The two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq more  than three weeks back are still in  captivity despite efforts by  French and Iraqi leaders to secure their freedom.
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Diplomatic efforts mount as a deadline nears for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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France scrambled to secure the release of  two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq by militants who have  given Paris until Monday evening to drop its ban on Muslim  headscarves in schools.
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PARIS: France has pledged not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law banning Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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The French government and Muslim community in France requested the release of two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq. Al-Jazeera TV broadcast video of the hostages and disclosed the names of the
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A senior French official called here for patience and discretion as efforts continued to secure the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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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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Paris - The operation to secure the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq was an exclusively French affair, France&#39;s defence minister insisted on Thursday.
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The two French journalists, who have been held hostage for 4 months in Iraq, have been freed. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin made the announcement to the Senate who responded to the news with applause.
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PARIS, France -- The French government says it still hopes two journalists held hostage in Iraq will be freed but that it does not want to put at risk their release by talking about the issue too much.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 29  - For the first time since the kidnappings of foreigners started in Iraq in April, hostage takers have set conditions external to the country by demanding that France lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday said that France will continue to be iron-willed to oppose all forms of terrorism, hailing the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq since August 20.
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CAIRO : 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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France believes that two journalists held hostage in Iraq are still alive, but authorities have lost direct contact with their kidnappers, the foreign minister said Saturday.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq trying to win the release of two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants said Thursday they had received proof the men were alive and well. The kidnappers have demanded that Paris rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves.
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The French Foreign Minister has called for the release of two French journalists being held hostage by Islamist kidnappers in Iraq.