Globalist: If Chirac can&#39;t deliver on hostages, who can?
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Every two decades, it seems, the Middle East embroils Jacques Chirac in a particularly agonizing way. In the mid-1980s, he was prime minister as France wrestled with the kidnapping in Lebanon of several French
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French President Jacques Chirac has sent his foreign minister to the Middle East to try to win freedom for two journalists held in Iraq by militants demanding France end its ban on Muslim headscarves in ...
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IF the speculation is right that John Howard&#39;s fourth term will come to be seen as his &quot;Chinese period&quot;, the Prime Minister may seek inspiration from a man he may otherwise spurn emulating: Jacques Chirac.
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French President Jacques Chirac has made new pleas for the freedom of two hostages on the 100th day of their captivity in Iraq. Chirac appealed to the captors to choose &quot;the
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Chirac who supported the opening of entry talks with Ankara during the EU summit in Brussels last week. &quot;The question to ask is whether we say &#39;yes&#39; or &#39;no&#39; or &#39;privileged partnership&#39;,&quot; he told France 2 television late on Saturday.
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Unexpected difficulties have apparently impeded the hoped-for release of two French journalists being held captive in Iraq. The staging of a joint Iraqi-US counter insurgency raid in Latifiya, southern Iraq
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Confusion surrounded the fate of two  French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a new  purported statement from the kidnappers denied they had  demanded a $5 million ransom or set a 48-hour deadline.
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FRENCH APPEAL: 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 free them from ...
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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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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: The French leader has the classic Gaullist vision: Europe, with our former prime minister in the chair, shaping the world
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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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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have called on president Jacques Chirac to save their lives by giving in to the demands of their kidnappers.
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Jacques Chirac is remembered abroad as the French president who stood up to the United States over the Iraq war and battled for national influence in a globalising world, but at home the legacy of his monumental career remains deeply ambiguous.
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Leaving behind two French reporters still held hostage in Iraq, France&#39;s foreign minister headed home from the Middle East but said they were still believed to be alive and that efforts to free them would continue.
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President Jacques Chirac has vowed to spare no effort to free two French reporters held hostage in Iraq by militants who are reportedly demanding that France overturn its law banning Islamic head scarves in schools.
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This could have been Francois Hollande's moment of glory. As leader of France's Socialists, he could have used his powerful job as a springboard to the party's presidential nomination, just like Francois Mitterrand did in the 1980s.
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BAGHDAD/PARIS  - Two French hostages held in Iraq  are being well treated but there are hurdles to overcome to  secure their release, officials said.