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Article: FRANCE CUTS DEALS TO FREE HOSTAGES IN MIDDLE EAST.(Local)

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April 16, 1990
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Byline: Elaine Ganley Associated Press

France has had 11 citizens held hostage in the Middle East, and it has managed to free them all.

Commentators are asking whether it is a Gallic flair for diplomacy or cynical deals with terrorists and their sponsors that account for France's success.

Is there, as one commentator here asked, a special French method that can "maneuver around the obstacle that others run into"?

France makes an important distinction, said Bassma Kodmoni-Darwish, an expert on French-Middle East relations: "It doesn't bargain with terrorist groups. It negotiates with states."

Each time hostages come home, top ...

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