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French Woman Hostage Working For Red Cross Released In Yemen
A French-Tunisian woman working for the Red Cross has been released after nearly a year in captivity in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross said late Monday.
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ISIS Says France Church Attackers Were Its 'Soldiers'
The ISIS said today that two assailants who stormed a church in France and killed an elderly priest were its "soldiers," an ISIS-linked news agency reported.
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French Church Attackers 'Claimed To Be From' ISIS: Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said today that two men who attacked a church and slit the throat of a priest had "claimed to be from Daesh", using the Arabic name for the ISIS.
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Hostages in Northern French Town Safe, No Link to Paris Attacks
Armed men who took hostages on Tuesday in the northern French town of Roubaix appeared to have no link to the November 13 attacks by Islamist militants in Paris but were probably planning a robbery, police sources said on Tuesday.
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French Aid Worker Hostage Freed in Yemen
A French woman abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, French authorities said on Friday, adding that her captors had been about to kill her.
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Mali: 4 Prisoners Exchanged for French Hostage Serge Lazarevic
The Malian government says it exchanged four prisoners to secure the release of a French hostage held for three years by al-Qaida's North African branch.
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Last French Hostage Freed by Al-Qaeda's North African Arm: French President
France's remaining hostage in the world, held since 2011 by Al Qaeda's north African arm, has been released, President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.
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North African Militants Release Video of French, Dutch Hostages
The North African jihadist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released a video on Monday purporting to show a French and a Dutch hostage held since November 2011 in the Sahara.
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Islamist Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers in Western Algeria
Islamist gunmen have killed two soldiers in western Algeria less than a week after jihadist-linked militants beheaded a French hostage they abducted in east of the capital, press reports said on Monday.
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French Hostage Fate Unknown as Paris Refuses to Bow to Blackmail
The fate of a French hostage abducted in Algeria by jihadists threatening to kill him unless France stopped bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq remained uncertain on Wednesday after Paris refused to bow to any form of blackmail.
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Ex-Hostage Says Brussels Museum Shooting Suspect Was Among Syria Captors
A freed French hostage has said the suspected gunman behind the deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May was among his Islamic extremist captors in Syria.
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Four Frenchmen head home after three-year kidnap ordeal in Niger
Four Frenchmen kidnapped by Al-Qaeda militants in Niger were on their way back to France Wednesday after more than three years in a "nightmare" of captivity.
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French hostage pleads for his life on video
An Islamist group in Somalia issued a video on Friday of a French hostage held in the Horn of Africa country since 2009 pleading with French President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release and save his life.
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Al Qaeda releases video of French hostages
Al Qaeda has released a video of four French nationals kidnapped in Niger last year and kept hostage till now. In the video, the hostages urge French President Nicolas Sarkozy to withdraw his country's troops from Afghanistan.The Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence Group reported the three-minute video on its website, in...
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French Woman Hostage Working For Red Cross Released In Yemen
A French-Tunisian woman working for the Red Cross has been released after nearly a year in captivity in Yemen, the International Committee of the Red Cross said late Monday.
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ISIS Says France Church Attackers Were Its 'Soldiers'
The ISIS said today that two assailants who stormed a church in France and killed an elderly priest were its "soldiers," an ISIS-linked news agency reported.
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French Church Attackers 'Claimed To Be From' ISIS: Francois Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said today that two men who attacked a church and slit the throat of a priest had "claimed to be from Daesh", using the Arabic name for the ISIS.
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Hostages in Northern French Town Safe, No Link to Paris Attacks
Armed men who took hostages on Tuesday in the northern French town of Roubaix appeared to have no link to the November 13 attacks by Islamist militants in Paris but were probably planning a robbery, police sources said on Tuesday.
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French Aid Worker Hostage Freed in Yemen
A French woman abducted in Yemen in February has been freed, French authorities said on Friday, adding that her captors had been about to kill her.
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Mali: 4 Prisoners Exchanged for French Hostage Serge Lazarevic
The Malian government says it exchanged four prisoners to secure the release of a French hostage held for three years by al-Qaida's North African branch.
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Last French Hostage Freed by Al-Qaeda's North African Arm: French President
France's remaining hostage in the world, held since 2011 by Al Qaeda's north African arm, has been released, President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday.
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North African Militants Release Video of French, Dutch Hostages
The North African jihadist group Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released a video on Monday purporting to show a French and a Dutch hostage held since November 2011 in the Sahara.
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Islamist Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers in Western Algeria
Islamist gunmen have killed two soldiers in western Algeria less than a week after jihadist-linked militants beheaded a French hostage they abducted in east of the capital, press reports said on Monday.
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French Hostage Fate Unknown as Paris Refuses to Bow to Blackmail
The fate of a French hostage abducted in Algeria by jihadists threatening to kill him unless France stopped bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq remained uncertain on Wednesday after Paris refused to bow to any form of blackmail.
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Ex-Hostage Says Brussels Museum Shooting Suspect Was Among Syria Captors
A freed French hostage has said the suspected gunman behind the deadly shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels in May was among his Islamic extremist captors in Syria.
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Four Frenchmen head home after three-year kidnap ordeal in Niger
Four Frenchmen kidnapped by Al-Qaeda militants in Niger were on their way back to France Wednesday after more than three years in a "nightmare" of captivity.
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French hostage pleads for his life on video
An Islamist group in Somalia issued a video on Friday of a French hostage held in the Horn of Africa country since 2009 pleading with French President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release and save his life.
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Al Qaeda releases video of French hostages
Al Qaeda has released a video of four French nationals kidnapped in Niger last year and kept hostage till now. In the video, the hostages urge French President Nicolas Sarkozy to withdraw his country's troops from Afghanistan.The Search for International Terrorist Entities (SITE) Intelligence Group reported the three-minute video on its website, in...
