Mediator Hopes French Iraq Hostages Free This Week
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Two French hostages in Iraq could be  freed by the end of the week if U.S. forces open a "security  corridor" to allow their captors to free them, an adviser to a  self-appointed French negotiator said on Wednesday.
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France has asked the United States to give it access &quot;as soon as possible&quot; to the freed Syrian driver of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier revealed.
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France said on Sunday it still hopes two  French hostages in Iraq will be freed, although its foreign  minister returned from a Middle East mission empty-handed  without securing their release.
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As France awaited word on two journalists being held hostage in Iraq, officials made clear that they expected to benefit from their stand against the U.S.-led invasion and occupation.
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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 two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq were still alive a few days ago and are likely to be freed, France&#39;s foreign minister said last night.
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Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah   said in remarks aired on Tuesday he expected a U.N. "mediator"   to visit Lebanon next week to try to secure a deal for the   release of the two Israeli soldiers the group kidnapped in   July.
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Mediators trying to help China win the release of eight of its nationals being held hostage in Iraq are optimistic of success, as the deadline for the captives' execution approaches.
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France's government and leaders of its  Muslim minority urged Iraqi militants Sunday to free two French  journalists they were holding hostage in a bid to force Paris  to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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Diplomatic efforts mount as a deadline nears for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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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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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said he was still hopeful two French reporters held hostage in Iraq would be freed, adding that &quot;lines of dialogue&quot; had been opened with those detaining them.
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Jordan is optimistic that two French journalists abducted in Iraq more than a month ago would be released soon, government spokeswoman Asma Khodr was quoted as saying Thursday.
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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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A self-appointed mediator said the release of two French journalists held in Iraq since August fell through Friday when a group of Iraqis transporting them was bombarded by US forces.
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Hopes of a swift end to the French  hostage crisis rose early Friday, after the Le Figaro newspaper  that employs one of the two captives said the men were now  being held by Iraqi guerrillas willing to negotiate their  release.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been passed to a group in favour of  freeing them, an editor says.