Paris: Patience key word in wait for hostage release
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Defense minister believes two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq are in good health, their release is possible. PARIS - France on Monday urged patience and caution as the country awaited word about two French
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Taliban spokesman Qari Mohammad Yousuf said patience was running out in talks over 23 South Korean hostages kidnapped by insurgents in Afghanistan and said rebel prisoners must be freed by 0930 GMT on Wednesday.
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PARIS, Sept 6  - The captors of two French journalists allegedly put forward Monday 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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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
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Mediators trying to help China win the release of eight of its nationals being held hostage in Iraq are optimistic of success, as the deadline for the captives' execution approaches.
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France scrambled to secure the freedom 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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DUBAI, Sept 28  - A purported French envoy seeking the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq told Al-Arabiya television Tuesday he had seen the pair and a deal had been reached for their release.
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CAIRO, Egypt  - 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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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier and a French Muslim dignitary delegation are still waitingin Amman on Friday evening for the release of the two French journalists held
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Two French hostages in Iraq could be freed by the end of the week if US forces open a &quot;security corridor&quot; to allow their captors to free them, an adviser to a self-appointed French negotiator said on Wednesday.
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Unexpected difficulties appeared to have stalled the hoped-for release of two French journalists in Iraq, with a girlfriend of one of the hostages blaming the precarious security situation for the delay.
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BAGHDAD  - A French national who claims he has secured a deal for the release of two French reporters kidnapped in Iraq last month said Wednesday he is waiting for a US authorization to extract the pair by air.
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Two French hostages held in Iraq are being well treated but there are hurdles to overcome to secure their release, officials said.
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France has scrambled to secure the freedom 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 The French government vowed on Monday that it would not yield to demands from militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris withdraw a ban on Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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THE French government remained tight-lipped today about the fate of two French journalists abducted over a month ago in Iraq as the release of up to 10 hostages there raised fresh hopes that they could be freed.
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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.