French Premier Calls Emergency Cabinet Meeting on Iraq Hostages
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, given until tonight by kidnappers of two French reporters to revoke a law banning the Muslim headscarf in state schools, called an emergency cabinet meeting for this morning.
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THE French Prime Minister today expressed scepticism over the alleged new demands of militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq.
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Pope John Paul, echoing appeals by Muslim leaders, called Wednesday for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as France's foreign minister pressed on with a Middle East rescue mission.
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FRENCH President Jacques Chirac renewed his appeal here today for the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq. The French leader issued the appeal at a news conference following talks with Russian
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President Jacques Chirac called for  national unity on Tuesday over France's hostage crisis in Iraq,  after a bid by self-appointed mediators failed to free two  journalists held by Islamist militants.
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FRENCH APPEAL: 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 ...
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France&#39;s interior minister demanded Sunday the release of two French journalists believed kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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PARIS  -- As hopes dimmed that two French journalists held captive in Iraq would be freed soon, French President Jacques Chirac was to discuss the crisis Sunday with his foreign minister, who returned from a mission to the Middle East with no news of
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The French foreign minister was expected Sunday to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. President Jacques Chirac confirmed Sunday he
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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 French foreign minister is to begin negotiations for the release of two journalists taken hostage in Iraq. In a televised address after a day of government crisis talks, President Jacques Chirac on Sunday
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PARIS, Sept 19  - 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 Minister Jean-Pierre
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The French government intensified efforts to secure the release of two journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq, a day after they were shown on Arabic television pleading for their lives.
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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 ...
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DUBAI/PARIS  - The French government held crisis  talks on the fate of two French journalists held hostage in  Iraq Wednesday amid growing uncertainty over whether their  kidnappers had demanded a ransom and two-day deadline.
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France demanded Islamic militants release two journalists held hostage in Iraq on Sunday and defended the ban on Muslim headscarves in school the kidnappers want revoked.
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French President Jacques Chirac appealed for unity Tuesday, as a bungled attempt to rescue two French hostages in Iraq sparked a growing controversy that some fear could hurt efforts to get the men freed.