Chirac Seeks Unity Over French Iraq Hostages
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President Jacques Chirac appealed for national unity Tuesday to try to stem criticism of France&#39;s failure to secure the release of two French journalists held in Iraq and restore faith in French diplomacy.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday said that France will continue to be iron-willed to oppose all forms of terrorism, hailing the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq since August 20.
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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 ...
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French President Jacques Chirac has lashed out at a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as &quot;interference&quot; and said he hoped it would not thwart the delicate process, aides said.
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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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French President Jacques Chirac, an outspoken critic of the U.S.-led Iraq war, sought to smooth relations with Iraq on Friday by inviting its president to Paris and denying he had snubbed Baghdad's prime minister.
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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier has flown back to Paris from Jordan to brief President Jacques Chirac on efforts to save two French hostages in Iraq amid hopes they will soon be freed.
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The French government and opposition declared a rare united front on Thursday in efforts to secure the release of two French hostages held in Iraq.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin called an emergency ministerial meeting Sunday to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq, local media reported.
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France's foreign minister appealed Monday for the release of two French journalists abducted in Baghdad, saying the French respect all religions.
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France said on Saturday it hoped Islamic  militants were about to free two French hostages, but urged  caution as fresh violence erupted in Iraq.
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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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President Jacques Chirac has vowed to spare no effort to free two French reporters held hostage in Iraq by militants who are reportedly demanding that France overturn its law banning Islamic head scarves in schools.
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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 : French President Jacques Chirac slammed a private initiative to secure the release of two French hostages in Iraq as &quot;interference&quot;, while the freelance effort appeared to have flopped.
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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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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin met ministers for a crisis meeting on two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Monday as efforts to secure their release threatened to turn into a fiasco.