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We have started to collect the most important news related to France in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
A French woman with a severely disfiguring and incurable facial tumour has been refused the right to die.
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A French court denies citizenship to a Muslim woman, saying her practice of "radical" Islam is incompatible with French values.
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RwandaRwandan presidential aide Rose Kabuye is allowed to leave France to return home for Christmas, one month after her arrest.
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Dozens of French military units are closing as part of a major shake-up in defence strategy, the PM announces.
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France's president announces new measures to deal with sex offenders in response to a paedophile scandal.
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France's presidential rivals end their campaigns amid a war of words between Segolene Royal and Nicolas Sarkozy.
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A judge at the centre of one of France's biggest miscarriages of justice is reprimanded by a panel looking into his conduct.
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India, 
Indian Ocean, 
North KoreaFrance stops a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean, under UN sanctions imposed after the North's nuclear test.
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KazakhstanFrance and Kazakhstan sign energy and business deals worth $6bn (£3.8bn) during a trip to Astana by the French president.
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Saudi ArabiaThe French President holds talks with Saudi King Abdullah, in a visit expected to focus on economic relations.
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The French cabinet is to ask parliament to extend state of emergency powers into 2006 as suburban rioting continues.
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France confirms it will issue a decree banning bonuses for executives of banks that have received government aid.
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The French government will issue a decree banning bonuses for executives of banks that have received government aid, says news agency AFP.
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France's President Sarkozy announces plans for a new carbon tax aimed at combating global warming.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy indicates France will move by the end of 2008 to rejoin Nato's military command.
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ChinaA French minister sets three conditions for President Sarkozy's presence at the opening of the Beijing Games.
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France is to set up a commission to study the extent of burka-wearing in the country after President Nicolas Sarkozy said the veils reduced dignity.
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ArmeniaFrench MPs postpone a debate on a bill to criminalise denials of the Armenian "genocide" of 1915.
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AlgeriaFrance and Algeria sign an agreement on civil nuclear co-operation as the French PM makes a rare visit to Algiers.
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TurkeyFrance prevents the EU starting membership talks with Turkey on economic and monetary policy.
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Segolene Royal wins France's Socialist presidential primary and will be the party's candidate in next year's poll.
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Speculation grows in France that Dominique De Villepin could be forced to resign over his implication in a legal case.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
GabonFrench prosecutors investigate alleged embezzlement by the leaders of Gabon and Congo.
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RwandaFrance's Supreme Court overrules a decision to hand over a genocide suspect to the Rwandan tribunal.
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Two teams of soldiers and five officers are suspended over a shooting at a military show in south-west France.
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Hugh Schofield finds out just how much the French adore their comics at a cartoon festival in Angouleme.
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France's National Assembly passes a bill to make promotion of anorexia and extreme thinness an offence.
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France's President Sarkozy tells banks to disclose their bonus policies, saying rules agreed by the G20 must be applied.
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France Telecom's second-in-command resigns, after weeks of criticism over management's handling of a spate of suicides by employees.
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Anti-terrorism laws in France violate human rights and prevent suspects from getting a fair trial, a human rights group says.
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French authorities say they cannot rule out bird flu as they test samples from 4,000 chickens that died on a farm.
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France will walk away from the G20 summit if its demands for stricter financial rules are not met, the finance minister says.
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France is to ban smoking in all public places from next February, the prime minister announces.
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AfghanistanThe French prime minister says Paris will reinforce its military presence in Afghanistan, as MPs vote in support of the mission.
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United KingdomFrance plans to follow the UK and bring in a one-off 50% tax on bankers' bonuses in 2010.
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United KingdomFrance announces it will soon close the camp in Calais known as "the jungle", where migrants gather to try to reach the UK.
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France is launching a commission to investigate ways of measuring the country's ethnic make-up for the first time.
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RwandaFrance says it will release secret documents on the Rwandan genocide, after claims of French complicity.
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France doubles its emergency food aid for poor countries amid sharply rising prices, says President Sarkozy.
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LebanonFrance will lead the expanded UN peace force in Lebanon until February, but says its mandate must be clear.
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President Sarkozy says France will open its labour market in July to eight EU members in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
Republic of the CongoA French probe into the disappearance of hundreds of people in the Republic of Congo is to be reopened.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy says France will reduce its number of airborne nuclear warheads by one third.
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French President Jacques Chirac says the new youth job contract that sparked weeks of protests will be replaced.
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France says it will "take all necessary steps" to resolve the Airbus production delays hitting parent company EADS.
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