Hero's return for French hostages
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Two French journalists freed after four months held hostage in Iraq are set for an emotional welcome home.
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Two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq last August are expected to arrive home later in time for Christmas. The French Parliament erupted with applause when Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced
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A C130 Hercules plane carrying two French journalists released after a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq, sits on the runway at the Andreas Papandreou air base in Paphos, Cyprus, December 22, 2004.
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Jazeera identified the hostages as reporters George Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot. Last week, the French Foreign Ministry. said the two men had gone missing in Iraq.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq headed home Wednesday, ending a drama that has gripped their country for four months and appears to have turned on its opposition to the war in Iraq.
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Two French journalists were heading home  to France on Wednesday after the end of a 4-month hostage  ordeal in Iraq which left many unanswered questions about the  government's handling of the crisis.
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French police on Tuesday freed hostages held by armed robbers in a bank in a south Paris suburb after persuading the men to end their siege.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier  flew back to Paris from Jordan on Saturday 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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Two French journalists kept hostage for four months in Iraq return home saying they had "a difficult experience".
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A shadowy Iraqi group has released two French news reporters, who have spent almost four months in captivity. France reacted with joy Tuesday at the news that reporters Christian Chesnot and George Malbrunot had finally been released.
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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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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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Two French reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq have been released and handed over to French authorities, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
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Six French aid workers sentenced to  hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children will be  returned to France on Friday under an accord between the two  states, a Chad justice ministry official said.
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French reporters Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot returned to France Wednesday, after being held hostage in Iraq for 124 days.
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France says it has stepped up its efforts to free two French journalists being held hostage by Iraqi militants who are demanding an end to a ban on Islamic headscarves in French schools.
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France rejoiced on Tuesday night as two of its journalists, who had been held hostage in Iraq, were released after 124 days in captivity.