French still hopeful of hostages release

The French foreign minister was today on standby return to the Middle East to help win the release of two hostages as experts analysed whether a ransom demand was authentic.

French still hopeful of hostages release

The French foreign minister was today on standby return to the Middle East to help win the release of two hostages as experts analysed whether a ransom demand was authentic.

Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said a day earlier that the £3m (€4.5m) ransom demand, posted on a website, had “provoked a lot of scepticism from experts".

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