French FM in Amman after Qatar talks, heartened by calls for ...
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AMMAN : French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier arrived in Amman for the second time in 24 hours after a visit to Doha, where he said he hoped the captors of two French newsmen in Iraq would heed widespread calls to free the pair, a diplomatic source said.
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Tony Blair had Monday &quot;constructive and positive&quot; talks with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdel Ilah Khatib on his maiden voyage to the Middle East as special envoy for the peace Quartet, his spokesman told AFP.
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Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte met with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki to push for political changes intended to reconcile the countryâs warring sects.
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It is not only the government in Paris and numerous colleagues who demand the release of the two kidnapped French journalists in Iraq who have been threatened with death: There are also many voices from the Islamic world, including Amr Mussa, the secretary
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Saudi Arabia&#39;s King Abdullah arrived in Spain on Monday for a week-long visit to Europe which will also take in talks with French and Polish leaders.
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The secretary general of the Arab league Amre Mousa has called on the Spanish foreign minister Miguel Moratinos to visit the headquarters of the Arab League in Cairo in order to discuss Madrid's thinking ...
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French President Jacques Chirac said Sunday that he would immediately dispatch his foreign minister to the Middle East to help negotiate the release of two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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The French government's appeal set in motion a swell of solidarity unseen in previous hostage dramas in Iraq.
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King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived on a three-day official visit to Morocco Sunday for talks on boosting cooperation between the Arab allies.
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Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah II on Thursday urged the European Union to support Palestinian education and health services, in talks with EU parliament chief Hans-Gert Poettering.
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France is engaged in 11th hour diplomacy as it dispatches two envoys to the Middle East to try and secure the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq.
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Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah II left here Monday on a two-day working visit to France and Italy, Jordanian TV reported. The king will hold talks with French President Jacques Chirac
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Jordan's king urges Iraqi leaders to keep their country united, ahead of talks with President Bush and the Iraqi PM.
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France's government and opposition showed  rare unity in appealing for the release of two Frenchmen held  in Iraq as an Italian envoy flew to the Middle East on Thursday  to urge freedom for two female Italian aid workers.
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France sent its Foreign Minister Michel Barnier to Egypt on the first stage of a visit to the Middle East to discuss the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq, Agence France-Presse reported.
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French President Jacques Chirac sent his foreign minister to the Middle East on Sunday to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his Foreign Minister to the Middle East to try to secure the release of two journalists who are being held hostage in Iraq.