Iraq Militants Set Deadline Over French Hostages
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A purported statement by Iraqi militants holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline.
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An unofficial French negotiator told a radio station Friday that two journalists held for more than a month in Iraq could be released within hours.
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KABUL - Militants claiming to hold three UN hostages in Afghanistan said they have extended a deadline until late Saturday to decide the fate of the trio, who they have threatened to kill if the United Nations doesnât pull out of the country.
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An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two Frenchmen and given the French government 48 hours to end a ban on Muslim headscarves, Arabic television station Al Jazeera said on Saturday.
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Militants threaten to execute three Western hostages unless all female Iraqi prisoners are set free.
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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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BAGHDAD - The 48-hour deadline set by a group of Islamic militants for Japan to agree to withdraw its troops from Iraq expired Thursday night, with the group threatening to behead a 24-year-old Japanese hostage if Tokyo ignores its demand.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An Islamic militant group that claimed to have kidnapped two French journalists said it would soon decide their fate, according to a message posted on a Web site Friday, and an Iraqi negotiator called the chance for their release &quot;excellent
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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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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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PRIME Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin will preside over a ministerial crisis meeting today after an ultimatum on two French hostages held in Iraq was extended by 24 hours, a source close to him said.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- France is pressing on with efforts to secure the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, after a deadline to revoke a law banning Muslim headscarves in schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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LONDON - The Iraqi Islamic militant group holding two French journalists hostage has demanded a $5m (Â£2.8m) ransom for their release, to be paid within 48 hours, as well as a set of hard-to-meet demands.
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The French government demanded the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq by a group demanding that France rescind a ban on Islamic headscarves in the nation&#39;s schools within 48 hours.
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France demanded Islamic militants release two journalists held hostage in Iraq on Sunday and defended the ban on Muslim headscarves in school the kidnappers want revoked.
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Militants holding three U.N. workers  hostage in Afghanistan have extended a deadline for their  demands to be met because of the time taken for negotiators to  arrive for talks, a spokesman for the kidnappers said on  Saturday.
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A purported statement by Iraqi militants  holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million  ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline.