France says hostages still alive
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Two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq are believed to be alive and safe, France&#39;s defence minister has said. But Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq say efforts to free them are being hampered by the escalation of security operations led by US forces.
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Paris - The French government has received a video of two French reporters held hostage in Iraq since August indicating that they were alive, an MP in President Jacques Chirac&#39;s ruling party said on Tuesday.
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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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Two French journalists who have been held hostage in Iraq since August say they are &quot;in good health&quot; in a video that has been given to their families, the brother of one of the journalists says.
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Hopes rose for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq after the French ambassador said they were alive and well and a visiting group of French Muslims voiced confidence the pair would be freed.
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France pressed on with efforts to save two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a deadline to rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves in state schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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France says two journalists captured in Iraq are thought to be alive but there is no news on other captives.
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The brother of British hostage Ken Bigley said he had received information that he is still alive.
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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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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that two French journalists kidnapped south of Baghdad nearly three months ago were thought to be in a &quot;fairly safe&quot; zone in Iraq, based on information from their driver found alive in war-torn Fallujah.
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The two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq are in good health despite four months in captivity, France&#39;s foreign minister said today.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - France said it had received word that two French reporters seized in Iraq were alive, and one of their employers claimed the kidnappers had handed them over to an Iraqi opposition group, raising hopes the hostages could soon be released.    Separately, two U.S...
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A senior French official called here for patience and discretion as efforts continued to secure the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq.
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A WAVE of relief swept France last night after the Government confirmed the release of two French reporters held hostage by Islamic extremists in Iraq since August 20.
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Two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq in August are still alive, and &quot;indirect&quot; negotiations have resumed to try to free them, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin told officials and party leaders.
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The two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq were still alive a few days ago and are likely to be freed, France&#39;s foreign minister said last night.
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France on Monday vowed not to yield to Islamic militants holding two journalists hostage in Iraq, pledging to implement a ban on headscarves in state schools this week despite threats by the kidnappers.