News: France

We have started to collect the most important news related to France in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to France – overview

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• December 30th 2009 – November 20th 2009
• November 19th 2009 – October 27th 2009
• October 27th 2009 – September 22nd 2009
• September 22nd 2009 – August 11th 2009
• August 11th 2009 – July 14th 2009
• July 14th 2009 – June 11th 2009
• June 10th 2009 – May 30th 2009
• May 30th 2009 – May 4th 2009
• May 3rd 2009 – April 4th 2009
• April 3rd 2009 – March 5th 2009
• March 4th 2009 – February 3rd 2009
• February 3rd 2009 – December 20th 2008
• December 20th 2008 – November 17th 2008
• November 17th 2008 – October 13th 2008
• October 13th 2008 – September 8th 2008
• September 8th 2008 – August 5th 2008
• August 4th 2008 – July 14th 2008
• July 14th 2008 – July 4th 2008
• July 4th 2008 – June 17th 2008
• June 17th 2008 – May 28th 2008
• May 28th 2008 – April 14th 2008
• April 14th 2008 – March 21st 2008
• March 21st 2008 – February 11th 2008
• February 11th 2008 – January 18th 2008
• January 18th 2008 – December 12th 2007
• December 10th 2007 – November 20th 2007
• November 19th 2007 – October 19th 2007
• October 19th 2007 – September 21st 2007
• September 21st 2007 – August 18th 2007
• August 18th 2007 – July 21st 2007
• July 21st 2007 – July 5th 2007
• July 5th 2007 – June 6th 2007
• June 6th 2007 – May 9th 2007
• May 8th 2007 – April 9th 2007
• April 7th 2007 – March 6th 2007
• March 5th 2007 – January 27th 2007
• January 27th 2007 – December 6th 2006
• December 5th 2006 – October 28th 2006
• October 27th 2006 – September 18th 2006
• September 15th 2006 – July 25th 2006
• July 25th 2006 – July 1st 2006
• July 1st 2006 – May 30th 2006
• May 30th 2006 – April 5th 2006
• April 4th 2006 – February 28th 2006
• February 27th 2006 – February 6th 2006
• February 3rd 2006 – November 30th 2005
• November 29th 2005 – November 11th 2005

France: news

Sarkozy 'snubbed' by sports star

Tuesday, February 3rd 2009, 17:36

Former French football star Lilian Thuram says he has rejected President Nicolas Sarkozy's offer to join the government.
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France unveils stimulus package

Monday, February 2nd 2009, 14:04

France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon announces a series of measures designed to "revitalise" the French economy.
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Rise of left

Sunday, February 1st 2009, 1:32

French government wary of radical resurgence
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Huge crowds join French strikes

Thursday, January 29th 2009, 23:33

Unions in France lead big protests against the handling of the economic crisis, causing disruption to rail and air services.
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Zvonareva storms into semi-finals

Tuesday, January 27th 2009, 3:31
related countries: Aruba

Seventh seed Vera Zvonareva makes short work of France's Marion Bartoli to win 6-3 6-0 and reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
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France eyes airline stimulus plan

Monday, January 26th 2009, 12:35

The French finance ministry is set to provide 5bn euros in credit guarantees to encourage lending to the airline industry.
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Europe recovers from deadly storm

Sunday, January 25th 2009, 14:55
related countries: Spain

Authorities in France and Spain begin to repair houses, roads and power lines damaged by hurricane-force winds.
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Storm leaves 15 dead in S Europe

Sunday, January 25th 2009, 12:08

The fiercest storm to hit Spain and south-western France in a decade kills 15 people, including four children.
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France's Dati to quit government

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 19:08

Justice Minister Rachida Dati, the first politician of North African origin to hold a top cabinet post in France, is to step down.
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New lingua franca upsets French

Friday, January 23rd 2009, 8:04

Hugh Schofield discovers how a new version of English being spoken by business people is taking over in France.
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Sacked Rasmussen loses ban appeal

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 17:36
related countries: Denmark

Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen will not be able to ride in this year's Tour de France after the Court of Arbitration for Sport uphelds his two-year ban.
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Imitating art

Thursday, January 22nd 2009, 0:26
related places: Paris

Paris street artists struggle against false imports
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Chinese PM's trip 'snubs France'

Tuesday, January 20th 2009, 11:17
related countries: China

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is due to travel to Europe next week - but his trip will pointedly exclude France.
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Gabon crash kills French soldiers

Monday, January 19th 2009, 3:59
related countries: Gabon

Seven French soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash during a naval exercise off Gabon.
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Singer Donovan gets French medal

Sunday, January 18th 2009, 22:47
related countries: United Kingdom

British 1960s folk singer Donovan receives a prestigious cultural honour from the French government.
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French kisses

Sunday, January 18th 2009, 21:24
related places: Cannes

Stars turn out for NRJ music awards in Cannes
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Singer Katy Perry is wrongly given French award for best world song

Sunday, January 18th 2009, 21:07
related countries: United States
related places: Perry

US singer Katy Perry is wrongly handed the award for best international song at France's main music award ceremony.
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Fighters found in Vietnam grave

Wednesday, January 14th 2009, 11:44
related countries: Vietnam
related places: Hanoi

Developers unearth the remains of at least 50 anti-French resistance fighters and war victims at a site in central Hanoi.
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French backlash

Tuesday, January 13th 2009, 15:19

Gaza conflict fuels Arab-Jewish tensions in France
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Petrol bombs hit French synagogue

Monday, January 12th 2009, 11:59
related places: Paris

Petrol bombs have been thrown at a synagogue north of Paris, police say, days after another French synagogue was attacked.
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Tributes paid to British climbers

Sunday, January 11th 2009, 16:35
related countries: United Kingdom

Tributes are paid to record-breaking climber Rob Gauntlett, and friend James Atkinson, who were killed in the Alps.
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British climbers die in the Alps

Saturday, January 10th 2009, 22:50
related countries: United Kingdom

Rob Gauntlett, the youngest Briton to climb Mount Everest, and another British climber have been killed in the French Alps.
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'Superwoman' Dati riles French

Friday, January 9th 2009, 11:45

French Justice Minister Rachida Dati comes under fire for returning to work five days after giving birth to a baby girl.
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Rwandan returns for French trial

Friday, January 9th 2009, 10:13
related countries: Rwanda

Rwandan official Rose Kabuye tells the BBC she must return to France for her trial and prove her innocence.
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Sarkozy announces justice reform

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 17:55

President Sarkozy plans to scrap investigative magistrates, bringing French justice closer to the English-speaking world.
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Nigerian pirates free nine crew

Wednesday, January 7th 2009, 10:32
related countries: Nigeria

Nine crew members of a French ship taken hostage at the weekend off the coast of Nigeria have been released.
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Arson attack on French synagogue

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 11:40

Arsonists drive a burning car packed with a petrol bomb into a French synagogue, raising fears of new anti-Semitic attacks.
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Nigerian pirates grab French ship

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 10:17
related countries: Nigeria

Pirates seize a ship owned by a French company off the Nigerian coast, taking nine crew hostage.
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Niger awards huge uranium licence

Tuesday, January 6th 2009, 10:13
related countries: Niger

A French company is to operate what could be Africa's biggest uranium mine, in Niger.
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French TV ditches prime-time ads

Monday, January 5th 2009, 23:50

State-run French TV stations stop showing ads in prime time as part of President Sarkozy's plans to reform public broadcasting.
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France tries Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Monday, January 5th 2009, 16:59
related countries: Tunisia

Three men - including the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks - go on trial in France for the bombing of a Tunisian synagogue.
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Guinea junta pledges 2009 polls

Monday, January 5th 2009, 9:56
related countries: Guinea

Guinea's military leader promises to hold elections this year, a French envoy says.
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Envoys race to halt Gaza violence

Monday, January 5th 2009, 9:00

Top European envoys including the French president to try to secure a ceasefire, as Israel continues its assault on Gaza.
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Bruni laid bare

Friday, January 2nd 2009, 16:10

Candid film follows France's first lady behind the scenes
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France captures 'Somali pirates'

Friday, January 2nd 2009, 11:35
related countries: Somalia

A French warship intercepts two suspected pirate boats in the Gulf of Aden and arrests eight Somalis, the French navy says.
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Creator of unisex fashions dies

Tuesday, December 30th 2008, 10:18

French fashion designer Ted Lapidus, who pioneered the unisex look and safari suit in the 1960s, dies from leukemia, at 79.
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Madoff investor commits suicide

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 22:24

A French investment manager who put $1.4bn into Bernard Madoff's fraud-hit fund kills himself, police say.
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Brazil and France sign arms deal

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 19:09
related countries: Brazil

Brazil signs a $12bn deal with France to buy 50 helicopters and five submarines, in a move aimed at helping Brazil's arms industry.
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France releases Rwandan official

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 11:08
related countries: Rwanda

Rwandan presidential aide Rose Kabuye is allowed to leave France to return home for Christmas, one month after her arrest.
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France backs Brazil UN ambition

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 4:59
related countries: Brazil

Brazil should have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, says French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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NY Times admits to fake letter

Tuesday, December 23rd 2008, 0:05
related places: Paris

The New York Times says a letter purporting to be from the mayor of Paris that attacked Caroline Kennedy was a fake.
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Repairs begin on undersea cable

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 11:20

A French technical crew begins work repairing a major undersea communications cable in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Repairs begin on undersea cable

Monday, December 22nd 2008, 1:00

A French technical crew begins work repairing a major undersea communications cable in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Kidnap victims share painful memories

Saturday, December 20th 2008, 12:22

The BBC's former Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, discusses captivity with the freed French hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
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Michelin delight

Saturday, December 20th 2008, 7:40

First foreigner in charge of French gastronomic icon
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