French Hostages Return Home, Paris Says No Ransom
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Two French journalists freed after a  4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq returned home to a heroes'  welcome on Wednesday as a relieved government basked in  national joy at their release.
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LONDON, Sep 28 (IranMania) - An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in Iraq nearly two months ago was freed Monday and returned safely to the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, asserting no deal had been made with his kidnappers, Agence France Press  reported.
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PARIS  - Two French journalists freed in Iraq headed for home and a rapturous welcome at the end of a four-month hostage ordeal as the government in Paris insisted no ransom was paid to secure their freedom.
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Paris did not pay a ransom to secure the release of two French journalists freed by Islamic militants in Iraq, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told party leaders Wednesday.
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Two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq for three months have been taken away from war zones and their lives are not in danger, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said.
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Nineteen South Korean Christian  volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six  weeks returned home on Sunday, thanking their government for  winning their release.
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Two French television journalists have been released from prison in Niger on bail and will return to their home country.
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PARIS - Millions of French students returned to school Thursday as a new law banning Islamic head scarves from classrooms goes into effect amid demands by Islamic radicals holding two French hostages in Iraq that the law be scrapped.    Muslim leaders in France, who had largely opposed the law, urged calm for the return to class...
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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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in Paris as the relieved government basks in a national wave of joy at their safe release. military airport outside the capital on Wednesday one day after they were freed by Iraqi militants.
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Two French reporters, freed from four months of captivity in Iraq, arrived home tonight as the government said it negotiated an end to their ordeal without paying a ransom.
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Two French reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released Tuesday and handed over to French authorities.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants released seven foreign hostages Wednesday after their employer paid $500,000 ransom, while France mustered support from Muslims at home and abroad to push for the release of two French journalists still held captive in Iraq.    The U.S...
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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&#39;s handling of the crisis.
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Paris did not pay a ransom to secure the  release of two French journalists freed by Islamic militants in  Iraq, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told party  leaders Wednesday.
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Two French journalists released by militants in Iraq returned to a jubilant France on Wednesday and described a four-month ordeal during which masked gunmen shuttled them among five hideouts and interrogated them at length.
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France says no ransom was paid for two hostages flying home after a four-month ordeal in Iraq.