Newsmen taken hostage in Iraq; captors want French headscarf ...
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PARIS - Islamic militants in Iraq have kidnapped two French journalists and demanded the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools, the first time they have demanded a policy change abroad that is not connected to their own country.
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Two French journalists in Iraq have been kidnapped by Islamic militants who say they are protesting against the French government&#39;s ban on wearing the hijab in schools.
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The managing editor of France's Le Figaro newspaper told a radio station Thursday that two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were still believed alive, even after militants' deadline passed for Paris to ...
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PARIS: France has pledged not to yield to Iraqi kidnappers who have taken two journalists hostage and are demanding the repeal of a law banning Islamic headscarves in state schools.
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An Iraqi militant group has announced it is holding two missing French journalists, according to Arabic television station al-Jazeera. The group is reportedly demanding that the French government end a ban on ...
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An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two French citizens and is demanding the French government end a ban on Muslim headscarves to free them, Arabic television station Al Jazeera said Saturday.
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Two French reporters held hostage in Iraq for the past two weeks are ``out of danger&#39;&#39; and may be freed soon, an Islamic group in France said on its Web site, citing a French Muslim leader who&#39;s been seeking their release.
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That&#39;s according to an account by one of the French journalists held captive for four months in Iraq. In a newspaper account of his ordeal, the reporter says a captor from a group calling itself the Islamic
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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 - The French government has received a video of two French reporters held hostage in Iraq since August indicating that they were alive, an MP in President Jacques Chirac&#39;s ruling party said on Tuesday.
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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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PARIS (France): France said on Sunday that it was more than ever mobilized after two French journalists were taken hostage in Iraq by militants demanding the rescinding of a ban on the Islamic headscarf in French schools.
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An Iraqi insurgency group says it has released two French journalists held hostage since August, delivering them to the French Embassy in Baghdad, the Arab-language television network Al-Jazeera reported.
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An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two  Frenchmen and given the French government 48 hours to end a ban  on Muslim headscarves, Arabic television station Al Jazeera  said Saturday.
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The managing editor of France's Le Figaro newspaper told a radio station Thursday that two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were still believed alive, even after militants' deadline passed for Paris to overturn a law banning Islamic head scarves or see the pair killed.
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Two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq on Monday night warned that they faced death if France refused to yield to their kidnappers' demands to repeal legislation which will ban Islamic headscarves in ...
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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.