Iraqi president delays trip to France over hostage crisis
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Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar, who was due in Paris on Sunday to start a European tour, has postponed his visit to France due to the ongoing hostage drama involving two French journalists, Arab diplomats said Friday.
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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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The first official visit to Iran by   Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, that was due to   take place on Monday will be delayed for a day or more, Iraqi   and Iranian officials said on Sunday.
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Visiting Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi said Sunday his government was going to stickto the January election timetable despite the unstable situation in the country
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Militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq extended their deadline by another 24 hours, Al Jazeera reported. The kidnappers threaten to kill the journalists unless France agrees to remove a ban on headscarves in schools.
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The French Prime Minister calls a crisis meeting to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.
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CAIRO Aug 30 - 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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French Foreign Ministry confirmed Friday the delay of Iraqi President Ghazi al-Yawar&#39;s visit to France, previously scheduled for Sept.
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A French Muslim leader who traveled to  Iraq to try to secure the release of two French journalists  said on Monday talks were in the "delivery phase," but a surge  of violence in Iraq has complicated the situation.
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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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The first official visit to Iran by   Iraq's Shi'ite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, that was due to   take place on Monday may be delayed for a day or more, Iraqi   and Iranian officials said on Sunday.
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The White House has postponed the unveiling of a new Iraq policy until after the holidays. Here's why.
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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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President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki postponed for a day their crisis talks on Iraq, but officials played down any link between the schedule change and a memo suggesting tensions between the two leaders.
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Militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq gave France another 24 hours on Monday to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools, Al Jazeera reported.
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Iran has postponed a scheduled round of talks with the United States in Baghdad on Iraqi security, giving no reason for the delay, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.
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A crisis meeting between President Bush and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan was postponed for a day following a report suggesting Washington lacked confidence in the Iraqi leader.