4 French journalists released after Cairo arrests
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}France's Foreign Ministry says Egyptian police have released four French journalists detained while covering violent unrest in Cairo.
Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero confirmed French media reports saying that the four — for daily Le Figaro, weeklies Paris Match and Journal du Dimanche, and photo agency Sipa Press — were freed.
Valero said he didn't immediately have further details, such as whether the journalists were mistreated while in custody Friday.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sipa and Le Figaro said earlier that it had lost contact with their journalists after they were arrested.
Thousands of anti-government protesters took to Cairo streets on Friday in a major escalation of days of challenges to President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.