Chirac appeal for hostages release
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FRENCH President Jacques Chirac renewed his appeal here today for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq. The French leader issued the appeal at a news conference following talks with Russian
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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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French President Jacques Chirac has made new pleas for the freedom of two hostages on the 100th day of their captivity in Iraq. Chirac appealed to the captors to choose &quot;the
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THE two French journalists freed by insurgents in Iraq after four months as hostages &quot;are now on their way to Paris&quot;, President Jacques Chirac said today.
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has appealed for the release of the British hostage in Iraq Ken Bigley.
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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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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&#39;s government and leaders of its Muslim minority are urging Iraqi militants to free two French journalists they are holding hostage to try to force Paris to revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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The families of five Britons kidnapped in Iraq in May appealed Thursday to their captors for their release, as Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was &quot;deeply concerned&quot; for them.
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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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Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Monday urged the release of the two French journalists kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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President Jacques Chirac appealed for national unity Tuesday to try to stem criticism of France&#39;s failure to secure the release of two French journalists held in Iraq and restore faith in French diplomacy.
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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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PARIS - 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 demanding the France scrap its ban on Islamic head scarves in state schools.    Chirac appealed to the kidnappers with an implicit reminder that France opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq...
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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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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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Iraq&#39;s radical Shiite Muslim leader, Moqtada Sadr, is calling for the release of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq.