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.

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France: news

Oysters' super sex drive 'behind deadly mollusc malaise'

Monday, August 4th 2008, 16:41

Young French oysters are dying from a killer virus because developing their sex organs too soon has exhausted them, scientists believe.
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French sailors seized in Nigeria

Monday, August 4th 2008, 11:39
related countries: Nigeria

Police say they are still waiting for a ransom demand for two French sailors kidnapped in Nigeria's oil-rich region.
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Towns in France ban child matador

Sunday, August 3rd 2008, 3:33

Regional officials in France ban two non-lethal bullfights involving a child matador said to have killed 60 young bulls.
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Aid workers freed in Afghanistan

Saturday, August 2nd 2008, 14:38
related countries: Afghanistan

A French aid organisation says two of its workers have been freed after being held hostage in Afghanistan.
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British Energy rejects takeover

Friday, August 1st 2008, 8:19
related countries: United Kingdom

A deal that would involve the sale of most UK nuclear power stations to a French energy firm now appears uncertain.
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Sastre upbeat over Tour's future

Monday, July 28th 2008, 16:11

Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre says cycling is heading for "better times" after years of doping scandals.
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Greece rebuked over migrant care

Monday, July 28th 2008, 15:06

Aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres says hundreds of illegal migrants are enduring 'crisis' conditions in detention.
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Sastre wins Tour de France crown

Sunday, July 27th 2008, 17:19

Carlos Sastre seals his first Tour de France title and becomes the third Spaniard in a row to win.
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Live text - Tour de France

Sunday, July 27th 2008, 11:32

Spaniard Carlos Sastre is poised to win the 2008 Tour de France as the riders enter the streets of Paris on the final stage.
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Sastre set to win Tour de France

Saturday, July 26th 2008, 17:04

Spaniard Carlos Sastre is heading towards his first Tour de France win after his rivals failed to gain ground in Saturday's time-trial.
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Live text - Tour de France

Saturday, July 26th 2008, 9:19

Spaniard Carlos Sastre enters the penultimate stage of the Tour de France - a crucial 53km time-trial - with a lead of 84 seconds.
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Obama urges Iran to end dispute

Friday, July 25th 2008, 20:23
related countries: United States
related places: Paris

Barack Obama tells Iran not to wait for a new US president before resolving the nuclear crisis with the West.
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Sastre stays out in front in Tour

Friday, July 25th 2008, 15:18

Carlos Sastre will go into Saturday's key time-trial with a lead of more than a minute following Friday's 19th stage of the Tour de France.
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Live text - Tour de France

Friday, July 25th 2008, 10:01

Carlos Sastre could extend his lead in stage 19 of the Tour de France ahead of Saturday's crucial time trial.
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Niger suspends 'rebel' aid group

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 22:52
related countries: Niger

Niger orders medical charity MSF to stop work because of suspected rebel links.
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France reveals defence closures

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 17:42

Dozens of French military units are closing as part of a major shake-up in defence strategy, the PM announces.
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Concern over French nuclear leaks

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 16:12

A nuclear watchdog in France expresses its concern after a series of recent incidents at nuclear power plants.
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Live text - Tour de France

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 10:31
related places: Bourg, Saint-Etienne

Carlos Sastre looks to retain the Tour de France's yellow jersey in stage 18 from Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint Etienne.
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MPs scrap France's 35-hour week

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 9:03

France's parliament passes a law which effectively ends the country's compulsory 35-hour working week.
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Sastre takes over as Tour leader

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 15:55
related countries: Spain

Spain's Carlos Sastre takes the yellow jersey after winning a thrilling stage of the Tour de France but Cadel Evans is favourite for overall victory.
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Live text - Tour de France

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 9:41
related places: Huez

Frank Schleck looks to retain his lead of the Tour de France in the 17th stage which includes the gruelling l'Alpe d'Huez.
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Schleck retains slender Tour lead

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 15:22

Tour de France leader Frank Schleck keeps the yellow jersey after a gruelling mountain stage in the Alps.
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Live text - Tour de France

Tuesday, July 22nd 2008, 10:45

Frank Schleck keeps the yellow jersey after tackling the Col de la Bonnette in the highest stage of this year's Tour de France.
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France backs constitution reform

Monday, July 21st 2008, 21:11

French lawmakers back President Sarkozy's plans to rewrite the country's constitution - in a razor-edge vote.
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Sarkozy denies pressurising Irish

Monday, July 21st 2008, 17:58
related countries: Ireland

France's President Sarkozy plays down Lisbon Treaty tensions in Dublin, saying he is working on a "solution" with Irish leaders.
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French letters

Monday, July 21st 2008, 10:31

How Senegal leads the Francophone world in Scrabble
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Man beats girl into coma in Rome

Monday, July 21st 2008, 10:07
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

A four-year-old French girl is in a critical condition after her father beat her head against a monument in Rome, officials say.
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McCartney wows 200,000 after Canadian show row

Monday, July 21st 2008, 8:05
related countries: Canada
related places: Quebec

Sir Paul McCartney performs his greatest hits and speaks French to more than 200,000 fans at a Quebec concert opposed by nationalists.
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Makelele leaves Chelsea for PSG

Monday, July 21st 2008, 7:50

Veteran French midfielder Claude Makelele leaves Chelsea to sign for Paris St Germain.
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Sarkozy on first visit to Ireland

Monday, July 21st 2008, 3:22
related countries: Ireland

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is to meet Taoiseach Brian Cowen during his first official visit to Ireland.
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Missing Semtex 'left unguarded'

Saturday, July 19th 2008, 22:24

A lapse in security is blamed for the theft of 28kg (61lb) of plastic explosive and detonators from a site in France.
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The forgotten French village massacre

Saturday, July 19th 2008, 11:05
related countries: Germany
related places: Maille

Emma Jane Kirby speaks to the villagers of Maille where, in 1944, 124 people were killed by German soldiers.
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French search for stolen Semtex

Friday, July 18th 2008, 22:21

Anti-terrorist police are called in after 28kg (61lb) of plastic explosive Semtex and detonators vanish from a site in France.
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Aid workers seized in Afghanistan

Friday, July 18th 2008, 21:02
related countries: Afghanistan

A French aid organisation says two of its workers have been abducted in central Afghanistan.
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Cern lab goes 'colder than space'

Friday, July 18th 2008, 19:07
related countries: Switzerland

A giant physics lab on the Swiss-French border is being cooled to a temperature lower than that of outer space.
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Ricco the latest to fail EPO test

Thursday, July 17th 2008, 10:47
related countries: Italy

Italian Ricardo Ricco is the third cyclist at the 2008 Tour de France to test positive for the banned blood booster erythropoietin (EPO).
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Irish wary of 'second vote' idea

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 16:19
related countries: Ireland, Portugal

Dublin looks askance at the French president's remark that the Republic of Ireland should vote again on the Lisbon Treaty.
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Arvesen sprints to Tour stage win

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 15:50
related countries: Norway

Norway's Kurt-Asle Arvesen comes out on top in a three-man sprint finish to take stage 11 of the Tour de France.
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French minister denounces burqa

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 12:31

A French cabinet minister backs the decision to deny citizenship to a Muslim woman, calling the burqa she wears a "prison".
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Live - Tour de France stage 11

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 10:46
related places: Foix, Lannemezan

Stage 11 of the Tour takes the riders on a hilly, twisting 167.5km route from Lannemezan to Foix, which should favour a breakaway.
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Spanish rider Nevado fails test

Wednesday, July 16th 2008, 8:49
related countries: Spain

Spanish rider Moises Duenas Nevado tests positive for EPO, according to the head of the French anti-doping agency, Pierre Bordry.
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Pereiro doubting Evans challenge

Tuesday, July 15th 2008, 16:40
related countries: Aruba, Spain
related places: Evans

2006 Tour winner Oscar Pereiro doubts Australian Cadel Evans can keep his overall lead in the Tour de France because of a weak back-up team.
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Australia's Evans claims yellow

Monday, July 14th 2008, 15:45
related countries: Australia
related places: Evans

Leonardo Piepoli wins a gruelling 10th stage of the Tour de France, while Australia's Cadel Evans claims the yellow jersey.
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Leaders mass for parade in Paris

Monday, July 14th 2008, 15:20
related places: Paris

Dozens of world leaders view a spectacular military parade in Paris, the highlight of nationwide Bastille Day celebrations.
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Dispute on Paris summit wording

Monday, July 14th 2008, 14:40
related places: Paris

Israelis and the Palestinians disagree over the final declaration of Paris' Mediterranean summit, a French minister says.
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