French Minister Says Release Of Hostages In Iraq Still Possible
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TIRANA, Sept 7  - French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said on Tuesday he was convinced it was still possible to secure the release of two French journalists who have been held hostage in Iraq since August 20.
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France said on Monday there were indications that two French hostages held in Iraq will be freed and a Muslim negotiator said talks over their release were in the "delivery phase."
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier says government officials will go to Baghdad to work for the release of two French journalists abducted in the Iraqi capital.
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Italy's foreign minister said he was still hopeful that two Italian women held hostage in Iraq would be released, as a purported ultimatum by the kidnappers was about to expire.
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The two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq have been released after more than four months, French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confirmed today.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year ...
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France remained hopeful on Sunday that two French hostages in Iraq would be freed and a religious fatwa issued in Iraq demanded their release.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq says they have proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants are alive, even though France
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Paris - The French government has received a video of two French reporters held hostage in Iraq since August indicating that they were alive, an MP in President Jacques Chirac&#39;s ruling party said on Tuesday.
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France was doing everything possible to secure the release of a woman journalist taken hostage in Iraq last month, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.
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PARIS Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin of France said Sunday that he was unable to confirm the authenticity of a statement attributed to a militant group called the Islamic Army in Iraq that said it was releasing two French hostages, on condition
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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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French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday said that France will continue to be iron-willed to oppose all forms of terrorism, hailing the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq since August 20.
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France's foreign minister appealed Monday for the release of two French journalists abducted in Baghdad, saying he was in the Middle East to explain that his nation was tolerant and not ruling out a trip to the ...
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France believes that two journalists held hostage in Iraq are still alive, but authorities have lost direct contact with their kidnappers, the foreign minister said Saturday.
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France was doing everything possible to  secure the release of a woman journalist taken hostage in Iraq  last month, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.
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France remained hopeful on Sunday that  two French hostages in Iraq would be freed and a religious  fatwa issued in Iraq demanded their release.