Former Egyptian hostage says he was kept with French captives
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An Egyptian released by kidnappers in Iraq said he was temporarily held with two Frenchmen, but did not say if they were two journalists abducted in August, and whose whereabouts are still unknown.
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A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year ...
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Two French journalists freed from a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq finally found total freedom on Thursday after being held for a day following their return home to be debriefed by France's DSGE intelligence ...
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One rescued hostage details what happened during the 53-hour ordeal.
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LONDON -- The brother of Kenneth Bigley, a Briton held hostage in Iraq, said yesterday he had been told the captive was still alive, a contention echoed by the leader of a London-based Islamic centre.
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The release of Kenyan truckers held hostage by Iraqi militants yesterday was negotiated by an Egyptian troubleshooter, experienced in hostage negotiations, the East African Standard has learnt.
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France said on Sunday two French reporters held hostage with their Syrian driver in Iraq were still alive a few days ago. &quot;We are working discreetly, following up leads, reestablishing
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Three French citizens who joined the rebel insurgency in Iraq have been held by coalition forces since being captured there last year, officials said Friday.
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Before the U.S. assault on Fallujah, France had found a channel for direct contacts with an Iraqi group thought to have taken two French reporters and their driver hostage, the driver's brother-in-law said ...
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CAIRO, Egypt Aug. 28, 2004 - Islamic militants released a brief tape showing two French journalists kidnapped recently in Iraq, saying they were holding the men to protest a French law banning headscarves
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The captors of two French journalists allegedly put forward new demands for their release, but French officials cast doubt on the authenticity of the demands and remained cautiously optimistic about securing their release.
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Confusion surrounded the fate of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a new purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had demanded a $5 million ransom or set a 48-hour deadline.
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The body of an Egyptian who was  kidnapped last month has been found in northern Iraq, police  said on Sunday, while French leaders held a crisis meeting in  Paris on the fate of two French hostages.
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Iraqi kidnappers of two freed French reporters changed the hostages' location five times, hauling them around in a cardboard box stuffed into the back of a car, one of the men said Thursday after their release from the harrowing four-month drama.
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Two French journalists freed from a  four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq finally found total freedom  on Thursday after being held for a day following their return  home to be debriefed by France's DSGE intelligence service.
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An Egyptian cleric allegedly kidnapped by CIA agents off the streets of an Italian city and taken to Egypt said Thursday he was tortured in an Egyptian prison and that he wants to return to Italy.
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PARIS Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin of France said Sunday that he was unable to confirm the authenticity of a statement attributed to a militant group called the Islamic Army in Iraq that said it was releasing two French hostages, on condition