France Races Against Clock in Iraq Hostage Crisis
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France scrambled to secure the freedom of  two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave  Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on  Muslim headscarves in schools.
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France was torn between hope and doubt  about its two hostages in Iraq on Wednesday after a purported  French negotiator announced their imminent release but  officials insisted they knew nothing about his efforts.
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CAIRO, Egypt  - France scrambled to secure the  release of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants  who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial  ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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The French government held a crisis  meeting on Thursday over the fate of two journalists held  hostage in Iraq after a new purported statement from the  kidnappers denied they had demanded a ransom or set a deadline.
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The French government prepared for crisis talks Tuesday to save the lives of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, while aides to rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the release of the reporters as a deadline set by their kidnappers neared.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- France is pressing on with efforts to secure the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, after a deadline to revoke a law banning Muslim headscarves in schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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CAIRO : French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier made an impassioned plea to try to save the lives of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as an ultimatum issued by their kidnappers neared expiry.
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The release of two French journalists held in Iraq since August was delayed Friday when a group of Iraqis transporting them was bombarded by US forces, an aide to a French MP aiming to help free them said.
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BAGHDAD : The clock was ticking down for two French hostages whose Islamist abductors have served Paris with an ultimatum to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools, while Iraq&#39;s government continued efforts to end the chaos prevailing in the country.
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The French government have held crisis talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq amid growing uncertainty over whether their
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DUBAI, SEPTEMBER 6: An Iraqi group purportedly holding two French journalists hostage demanded a $5 million ransom on Monday and set a 48-hour deadline for their demands to be met.
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Hopes that Islamic militants will soon free two French hostages in Iraq are rising, despite confusion over which group is now holding them.
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Attempts to release the two French journalists held for over six weeks in Iraq have become enmeshed in new confusion, with the French government expressing fury at the interference of several unofficial French negotiators who claim to be on the brink of
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France redoubled its diplomatic efforts  on Tuesday to save two French reporters held hostage in Iraq  ahead of a new deadline to scrap a school headscarf ban, as the  Islamic militant group Hamas called for the men's release.
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PARIS France&#39;s effort to secure the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq appeared to be in disarray Monday after a conservative member of Parliament and self-styled mediator revealed he had lost contact with the kidnappers over the
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The French government demanded 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 within 48 hours.
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France has scrambled to secure the freedom of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.