French envoys push for journalists&#39; release
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France is engaged in 11th hour diplomacy as it dispatches two envoys to the Middle East to try and secure the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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The French Foreign Minister has called for the release of two French journalists being held hostage by Islamist kidnappers in Iraq.
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France last night dispatched its foreign minister, Michel Barnier, to the Middle East in an attempt to save the lives of two journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who have demanded that Paris revokes its ban on Islamic headscarves in schools.
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PARIS -- President Jacques Chirac dispatched his foreign minister to the Middle East yesterday to work for the release of two French reporters abducted in Iraq, vowing to spare no effort to free them from kidnappers demanding that France scrap its ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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France's government and opposition showed  rare unity in appealing for the release of two Frenchmen held  in Iraq as an Italian envoy flew to the Middle East on Thursday  to urge freedom for two female Italian aid workers.
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CAIRO Aug 30 - 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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PARIS, France -- The French government says it still hopes two journalists held hostage in Iraq will be freed but that it does not want to put at risk their release by talking about the issue too much.
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PARIS Aug. 29, 2004 - 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
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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 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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Aljazeera has appealed for the release of all abducted journalists, and called for guaranteeing freedom of the press. In a press release on Monday, Aljazeera denounced the killing, abduction and harassment
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - A French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen wants international media watchdogs to press for his release, a Somali journalist related to the kidnappers said on Thursday.
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The French government, in crisis mode, on Sunday called for the release of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq by Islamic militants demanding that Paris rescind a ban on headscarves in state schools.
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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 U.S. forces, an aide to a French MP aiming to help free them said.
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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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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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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.