Amelia Gentleman
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/ 31 August 2004

Journalists’ plea to Chirac

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 schools. Their captors extended the deadline for the government to overturn the law by a further 24 hours.

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/ 11 September 2003

Taking the Mickey

Midday on the hottest August day recorded in Paris and Dominique has no customers for his ice-cold bottles of water. Nearby, in the chilled interior of the Rendez-Vous with the Stars restaurant, most of the tables are empty. Iraq fallout, strikes and forest fires have kept Americans and Europeans away from Disneyland.