Chirac Sends Foreign Minister To Middle East To Negotiate On Iraq Hostages
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French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday that he would immediately dispatch his foreign minister to the Middle East to help negotiate the release of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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A French negotiator said on Tuesday he met two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq and that an agreement had been reached to free them soon.
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In the framework of developments concerning the situation of hostages held in Iraq, the French TV quoted unofficial mediator that seeks to liberate the two kidnapped French hostages in Iraq, saying that he had met the two French held journalists Christian
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier visited Jordan and Egypt to win support for the release of two French hostages in Iraq, Agence France-Presse said.
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French President Jacques Chirac, an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led Iraq war, sought to smooth relations with Iraq on Friday by inviting its president to Paris and denying he had snubbed Baghdad's prime minister.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has held an emergency meeting with senior cabinet ministers to discuss how to respond to the apparent kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq.
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Italy's foreign minister  is going to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two Italian women seized in Iraq.
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An anxious French government accelerated  its diplomatic bid to save two French reporters held hostage in  Iraq on Tuesday as a fresh kidnapper deadline neared for Paris  to scrap a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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President Jacques Chirac called for  national unity on Tuesday over France's hostage crisis in Iraq,  after a bid by self-appointed mediators failed to free two  journalists held by Islamist militants.
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France steps up diplomatic efforts over two journalists threatened with execution  in Iraq unless a headscarf law is repealed.
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CAIRO : French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier made an impassioned plea to try to save the lives of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as an ultimatum issued by their kidnappers neared expiry.
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President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to free them from kidnappers ...
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AMMAN : French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier arrived in Amman for the second time in 24 hours after a visit to Doha, where he said he hoped the captors of two French newsmen in Iraq would heed widespread calls to free the pair, a diplomatic source said.
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French leaders began high-level meetings  on Sunday on the fate of two French hostages in Iraq after  Foreign Minister Michel Barnier returned to Paris empty-handed  from a Middle East rescue mission.
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Israel's foreign minister on Monday asked France to use its influence in the Arab world to help promote better relations between Israel and Persian Gulf and North African nations.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has flown back to Paris from Jordan to brief President Jacques Chirac on efforts to save two French hostages in Iraq amid hopes they will soon be freed.
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French President Jacques Chirac sent his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.