French seek Iraq pull-out debate
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France says an international summit on Iraq, proposed by Colin Powell, must debate a US withdrawal.
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French government officials called for 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, Agence
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his foreign minister to the Middle East to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in ...
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France is stepping up its local contacts in Iraq over the mysterious disappearance of a French reporter and her translator in the country, the prime minister said.
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French officials sought on Wednesday to ease tensions with Chad after President Nicolas Sarkozy offended local sensibilities by promising to bring home a group of Europeans accused of abducting 103 African children.
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Two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq appealed late Monday for their countrymen and president to save their lives by giving in to their captors' demand to rescind a ban on Muslim head scarves in French schools.
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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.
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France's government and opposition showed  rare unity in appealing for the release of two Frenchmen held  in Iraq as an Italian envoy flew to the Middle East on Thursday  to urge freedom for two female Italian aid workers.
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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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In a quiet retreat, France on Monday eased off its call to include Iraqi groups that renounce violence in an international conference next month on ways to pacify their war-ravaged country.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin called a ministerial crisis meeting on two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Monday as efforts to secure their release threatened to turn into a fiasco.
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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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PARIS: The Islamic Army in Iraq has given France 48 hours to revoke the controversial ban. As French leaders scrambled to strategy meetings on Sunday morning, it seemed unlikely they would revoke the ban which has wide support among French voters.
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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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PARIS French Muslims are not blaming their government for the recent kidnapping of two journalists in Iraq. The Islamic militants who seized the reporters two weeks ago are demanding that France repeal its ban on headscarves in schools.
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Visiting French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier on Monday called for the release of two French journalists taken hostages in Iraq.
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Two French hostages in Iraq urge France to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools to save their lives.