Caution urged on French hostages
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The French prime minister urges caution over reports that two French journalists held in Iraq may be freed.
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France pressed on with efforts to save two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a deadline to rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves in state schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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BAGHDAD/PARIS  - France said Friday two French  hostages held in Iraq were being well treated but there were  hurdles to overcome to secure their release.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre  Raffarin called a ministerial crisis meeting on two French  journalists held hostage in Iraq on Monday as efforts to secure  their release threatened to turn into a fiasco.
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Two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq are believed to be alive and safe, France&#39;s defence minister has said. But Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq say efforts to free them are being hampered by the escalation of security operations led by US forces.
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French officials gathered for crisis talks Tuesday to save the lives of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, while aides to rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr called for the release of the reporters as a deadline set by militants
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CAIRO, Egypt - France's foreign minister appealed Monday for the release of two French journalists abducted in Baghdad, saying the French respect all religions. He did not rule out traveling to Baghdad...
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Experts on Islamic militant groups are skeptical about a Web posting demanding $5 million in ransom for two French journalists held hostage in Iraq, France&#39;s prime minister said Monday.
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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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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have urged the French government to give in to their captors&#39; demand by revoking a law banning Muslim head scarves in public schools
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Aides to a French MP said that two French journalists held hostage by Iraqi Islamists were in &quot;safe hands&quot; but that their release depended on the security situation around the rebel-held town of Fallujah.
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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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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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An anxious French government accelerated  its diplomatic bid to save two French reporters held hostage in  Iraq on Tuesday as a fresh kidnapper deadline neared for Paris  to scrap a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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BAGHDAD, Aug 29  - For the first time since the kidnappings of foreigners started in Iraq in April, hostage takers have set conditions external to the country by demanding that France lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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The French government believes that two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq may have been taken to Syria with the connivance of authorities in Damascus.
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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