Homecoming for French hostages
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The French government says no ransom was paid for two hostages returning to France after a four-month ordeal in Iraq.
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Two French journalists headed home to a  heroes' welcome on Wednesday after a 4-month hostage ordeal in  Iraq which Paris said ended without a ransom being paid.
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There is only one story for the entire French media on Wednesday - the release and return home of the French hostages Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot
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Officials in Paris reiterated its cautious optimism that two French reporters and their Syrian driver held hostage in Iraq may be freed, as trucks bearing their pictures criss-crossed the city.
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France says it still hopes two French hostages in Iraq will be freed, although its foreign minister has returned from a Middle East mission empty-handed without securing their release.
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France says it has stepped up its efforts to free two French journalists being held hostage by Iraqi militants who are demanding an end to a ban on Islamic headscarves in French schools.
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Two French journalists freed from a  four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq finally found total freedom  on Thursday after being held for a day following their return  home to be debriefed by France's DSGE intelligence service.
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Militants in Iraq free French reporters Georges Malbrunot and Christian Chesnot, held hostage since August.
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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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AMMAN, Jordan -- Hopes that the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq could be freed soon rise following reports they have been transferred to guerrillas willing to negotiate their release.
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Two French journalists were heading home to France on Wednesday after the end of a 4-month hostage ordeal in Iraq which left many unanswered questions about the government's handling of the crisis.
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Two French journalists were freed in Iraq Tuesday, ending a 4-month hostage ordeal at the hands of Islamic militants that had shocked France and embarrassed President Jacques Chirac&#39;s government.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq have been released, French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has said. &quot;I have the profound joy of announcing that Christian Chesnot and Georges Malbrunot have
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As two French journalists arrive back in Paris after 124 days in the hands of Iraqi captors, questions are asked about why they were released.
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Two French journalists held hostage in Iraq were handed over to intermediaries yesterday, raising hopes that they would soon be freed.
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The French Foreign Ministry has confirmed that two French journalists held hostage by an Iraqi insurgency group since August have been released.
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The two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for 124 days and freed on Tuesday arrived at about 1730 GMT Wednesday at the Villacoublay military airbase near Paris,where French president greeted them in the drizzle.