Arab League chief urges release of French hostages
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Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Monday urged the release of the two French journalists kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa began the difficult task on Wednesday of getting rival Lebanese leaders to agree details of an Arab plan to end Lebanon's presidential crisis.
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Pope John Paul, echoing appeals by Muslim leaders, called Wednesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as France's foreign minister pressed on with a Middle East rescue mission.
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The &quot;chaotic&quot; offensive in Fallujah may endanger the release of the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin claimed today.
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France&#39;s government and leaders of its Muslim minority are urging Iraqi militants to free two French journalists they are holding hostage to try to force Paris to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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The head of the Arab League said Wednesday there was progress in his efforts to bring rival Lebanese leaders to reach agreement on defusing political and sectarian tensions that threaten to tear the country apart.
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The French government prepared for crisis talks Tuesday to save the lives of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, while aides to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the release of the reporters as a deadline set by their kidnappers neared.
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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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France&#39;s interior minister demanded Sunday the release of two French journalists believed kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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BAGHDAD, 30 August 2004 - Muslim leaders in Iraq and France yesterday appealed for the release of two kidnapped French journalists facing death.
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Jordan pledged Tuesday to help France secure the release of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, who are facing the imminent expiry of an ultimatum by their Islamic kidnappers.
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PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East yesterday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to free them from kidnappers demanding that France scrap its ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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The French government intensified efforts to secure the release of two journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, a day after they were shown on Arabic television pleading for their lives.
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa urged the U.S. and Iran to continue their dialogue on Iraq, saying on Monday that the future of the country matters to all Arab nations.
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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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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday called on Iraqi insurgents to release a U.S. hostage, responding to the captive's plea for his intervention.
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The French foreign minister is to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. In a televised address after a day of government crisis talks, President Jacques Chirac on Sunday