Paris denies paying for hostages&#39; release
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The French government insisted yesterday that no ransom had been paid to secure the release of two journalists taken hostage more than four months ago in Iraq.
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LONDON - The Iraqi Islamic militant group holding two French journalists hostage has demanded a $5m (Â£2.8m) ransom for their release, to be paid within 48 hours, as well as a set of hard-to-meet demands.
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The Yemeni kidnappers of four French  tourists denied on Sunday reports that they would release the  hostages within hours.
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France vowed Monday to press ahead with a controversial law banning Islamic head scarves in schools, despite demands by militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris revoke the ...
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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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French Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said Sunday he could not confirm the authenticity of a statement attributed to the Islamic Army in Iraq saying it was releasing two French hostages, but Prime ...
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PARIS The French government vowed on Monday that it would not yield to demands from militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris withdraw a ban on Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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The French have now joined the Americans, and reportedly some other nations as well, in refusing to pay the fee London charges to drive into its city center.
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A charitable organization on Friday denied that a planned trip to Rwanda it had organized for hotel heiress Paris Hilton, and which has been postponed, would have been filmed as part of a reality television show.
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Paris Hilton says she will not appeal against her 45-day jail sentence and will "learn" from her ordeal.
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The French government says no ransom was paid for two hostages returning home after a four-month ordeal in Iraq.
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NBC News on Thursday denied  a report that it was preparing a bid of $1 million for a  &quot;Today&quot; interview with heiress Paris Hilton after she&#39;s  released from jail.
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France says it does not yet know whether a French female journalist missing in Iraq since early on Wednesday has been taken hostage, and has urged journalists not to travel to Iraq.
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&gt; BAGHDAD, Iraq - Authorities insisted on Thursday that they won&#39;t give in to militants&#39; demands to free female Iraqi prisoners despite the plea of a tearful British hostage
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Islamic Army in Iraq. Paris rejected its demands that France scrap a law banning girls from wearing. the fate of the two reporters after initial hopes of an early release were dashed.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq trying to win the release of two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants said Thursday they had received proof the men were alive and well. The kidnappers have demanded that Paris rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves.
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The French government says no ransom was paid for two hostages returning to France after a four-month ordeal in Iraq.