Arab League chief urges release of French hostages
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Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Monday urged the release of the two French journalists kidnapped by Islamic militants in Iraq.
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The government appealed for the release of a Briton held hostage in Iraq in a message aired on Arabic satellite television channels.
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa urged the U.S. and Iran to continue their dialogue on Iraq, saying on Monday that the future of the country matters to all Arab nations.
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The insurgent group al-Qaida in Iraq called Friday for the release of the kidnapped executive of the CARE charity, Margaret Hassan
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CAIRO : French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier made an impassioned plea to try to save the lives of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq as an ultimatum issued by their kidnappers neared expiry.
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa began the difficult task on Wednesday of getting rival Lebanese leaders to agree details of an Arab plan to end Lebanon's presidential crisis.
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The Libyan leader Muammar Gadafy today added his voice to growing calls from the Arab world for the immediate release of the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq, following an unprecedented diplomatic campaign.
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Two French journalists held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq appealed late Monday for their countrymen and president to save their lives by giving in to their captors' demand to rescind a ban on Muslim head scarves in French schools.
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A man Al Arabiya television said was negotiating the release of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq said on Tuesday he met the two Frenchmen and that an agreement had been reached to free them soon.
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The pan-Arab news network Al-Jazeera on Monday called for the release of two French hostages held captive in Iraq. In a statement, the channel condemned &quot;all acts that threaten the safety and security of journalists
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Jordan pledged Tuesday to help France secure the release of two journalists held hostage in Iraq, who are facing the imminent expiry of an ultimatum by their Islamic kidnappers.
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PARIS Aug. 29, 2004 - 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
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French government officials called for the release of two journalists kidnapped in Iraq by a group demanding that France rescind a ban on Islamic headscarves in the nation&#39;s schools, Agence
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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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Kuwaiti and Italian officials on Monday urged the release of two Italian female hostages kidnapped earlier in Baghdad, the Kuwait News Agency reported.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Monday issued a new appeal for the liberation of two French hostages held by militants in Iraq.
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The head of the Arab League met Lebanese leaders on Tuesday in an effort to mediate an end to a standoff between the government and the Hezbollah-led opposition that some fear could pitch the country into violence.