Hopes &#39;on hold&#39; for captive journalists
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BAGHDAD: As hopes for the release of two French journalists held by a radical Islamic group in Iraq fluctuated yesterday, a suicide car bomber killed at least 17 people outside a police academy in the northern city of Kirkuk.
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Russian newspapers question the government's ability to tackle terrorism, while in France, there is hope two kidnapped journalists could soon be freed.
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BAGHDAD  - A French national who claims he has secured a deal for the release of two French reporters kidnapped in Iraq last month said Wednesday he is waiting for a US authorization to extract the pair by air.
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Charity workers were still facing an agonising wait for news of Iraq aid worker Margaret Hassan tonight after a televised plea to her kidnappers was met with silence.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were handed over to intermediaries yesterday, raising hopes that they would soon be freed.
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France scrambled to secure the release of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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Negotiations to free a CBS News journalist seized in the southern Iraqi city of Basra a week ago are being held up over discussions about how he should be released, a leading Shi'ite militia group said on Sunday.
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DUBAI/PARIS  - The French government held crisis  talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in  Iraq Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over whether their  kidnappers had demanded a ransom and two-day deadline.
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The French government held crisis talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over whether their kidnappers had demanded a ransom and two-day deadline.
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MILITANTS holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq had agreed to their release, but it was being delayed by security problems on the ground, the girlfriend of one of the men said today.
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NEW DELHI, Aug. 27. âWhile hurdles appeared to have been cleared in the way of the release of three Indians held hostage in Iraq, the government chose to remain âcautiously optimisticâ, but would not
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France was torn between hope and doubt about its two hostages in Iraq on Wednesday after a purported French negotiator announced their imminent release but officials insisted they knew nothing about his ...
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Aljazeera has appealed for the release of all abducted journalists, and called for guaranteeing freedom of the press. In a press release on Monday, Aljazeera denounced the killing, abduction and harassment
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BAGHDAD, SEPTEMBER 8: The French government held crisis talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over whether their kidnappers had demanded a ransom and two-day deadline.
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France pressed on with efforts to save  two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a  deadline to rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves in state  schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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Paris remained tight-lipped about the fate of two French journalists abducted over a month ago in Iraq following the release of up to 10 hostages there, including two Italian female aid workers.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq could be freed by the end of this week if U.S. forces open a security corridor to secure their release, an aide to a French mediator told Reuters on Wednesday.