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French reporters greeted as heroes at Villacoublay Airport

Paris, France - Their plane landed in the late afternoon

The French military aviation Falcon-900 with on board the two journalists freed on Tuesday in Iraq by the Islamic Army, landed yesterday in the late afternoon, around 6:30pm at Villacoublay military airbase near Paris, following the stopover in Cyprus where they met the Foreign Minister, Michel Barnier, who flying with them to back home (see for details AVIONEWS). They were greeted by relatives and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 110475
Rome, Italy, 12/23/2004 12:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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