After a week in the Middle East, Foreign Minister MichelBarnier returned to France on Saturday. He gave no detailsof the efforts underway to resolve the crisis but said histrip helped boost contacts with "political and religiouspersonalities." "We have serious reasons to believe that they are both ingood health and that a favorable outcome is possible,"Barnier said after a 90-minute meeting with PresidentJacques Chirac on Sunday. "We are working with all our energy. We are workingcalmly, with caution and discretion. It is a condition oftheir security," Barnier added.--SPA1101 Local Time 0801 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/198516