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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• November 26th 2007 – December 24th 2007
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France: news

Air France strike chaos continues

Sunday, October 28th 2007, 1:32

More travel chaos is expected at France's main airports as a strike by Air France workers continues.
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Sarkozy walks out of TV interview

Monday, October 29th 2007, 10:46
related countries: United States

French President Nicolas Sarkozy abruptly ends an interview with US TV when asked about his divorce.
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Prison 'likely' in Chad child row

Monday, October 29th 2007, 15:04
related countries: Chad

A Chadian minister says six French aid workers are likely to go to jail after trying to fly 100 children out of Chad.
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IAEA findings on Iran dismissed

Tuesday, October 30th 2007, 9:52
related countries: Iran, United States

France and the US dismiss the UN nuclear watchdog's finding that there is no evidence Iran is building a bomb.
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Protest over Chad child scandal

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 17:00
related countries: Chad
related places: Abeche

People in the Chadian town of Abeche protest about last week's alleged attempt to smuggle children to France.
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Tennis: Federer struggles to win

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 22:22

Roger Federer beats Ivo Karlovic in three sets reach the third round of the Paris Masters.
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Lavish lifestyles of Paris's top dogs

Thursday, November 1st 2007, 15:16
related places: Paris

The BBC's Emma Jane Kirby investigates the Parisians' love affair with their four-legged friends.
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Tennis: Nadal faces Nalbandian

Saturday, November 3rd 2007, 17:18

Rafael Nadal will face David Nalbandian in the Paris Masters final, while Richard Gasquet gets the last Masters Cup spot.
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Tennis: Nalbandian crushes Nadal

Sunday, November 4th 2007, 17:21

David Nalbandian caps a stunning late-season surge by thrashing world number two Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-0 to win the Paris Masters.
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Seven Europeans quit Chad jail

Sunday, November 4th 2007, 22:30
related countries: Chad

Seven of the 17 Europeans accused of child abduction in Chad fly home with French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Sarkozy begins Washington visit

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 2:57
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

President Sarkozy of France begins his first official US visit, sealing a rapprochement between the two nations.
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French president welcomed by US

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 7:50
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is warmly welcomed in Washington at the start of his first official visit to the US.
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Bush and Sarkozy declare Iran aim

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 23:02
related countries: United States
related places: Congress, Washington

The US and French presidents say they will work jointly to convince Iran to give up its nuclear programme.
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Emiratis tried for raping youth

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 10:11
related countries: Switzerland, United Arab Emirates
related places: Dubai

A Dubai court hears evidence against three Emirati nationals accused of raping a French-Swiss boy.
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Ryanair sues EU over French aid

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 19:59
related places: Eu

Ryanair lodges a legal case against the European Commission, saying it has not stopped alleged French aid for Air France.
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Three die in China sale stampede

Saturday, November 10th 2007, 14:19
related countries: China

Three people are killed and 30 injured in a stampede at a sale in a French-run supermarket in China.
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Sarkozy leads tributes to Mailer

Sunday, November 11th 2007, 11:18
related countries: United States

French President Nicolas Sarkozy leads tribute to US author Norman Mailer who died on Saturday.
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Corsican 'militant' goes on trial

Monday, November 12th 2007, 12:39
related places: Paris

A man accused of killing of France's top official in Corsica in 1998 goes on trial in Paris.
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Anti-French riot erupts in Chad

Wednesday, November 14th 2007, 10:22
related countries: Chad

Chadian police fire tear gas to disperse students attacking cars belonging to foreigners in the capital.
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French strike brings travel chaos

Wednesday, November 14th 2007, 20:01

France is hit by transport upheavals as workers strike against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reforms.
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Sarkozy calls for end to strikes

Thursday, November 15th 2007, 2:52

French President Sarkozy calls for a speedy end to transport strikes as the country faces a second day of disruption.
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France braves fresh travel misery

Thursday, November 15th 2007, 19:02

France endures a second day of travel chaos as transport unions continue their strike against pension reforms.
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French unions to continue strike

Friday, November 16th 2007, 16:07

Transport workers in France vote to continue a national strike over the weekend, protesting against pension reforms.
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France investigates Airbus crash

Friday, November 16th 2007, 16:54
related countries: United Arab Emirates

An inquiry is launched in France into the crash of an Airbus due to be delivered to a United Arab Emirates carrier.
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France faces fifth day of strikes

Saturday, November 17th 2007, 23:20

French rail workers reject a new offer of talks, voting to extend industrial action over pension reforms.
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French protest enters sixth day

Monday, November 19th 2007, 3:07

A transport strike in France is continuing into a second week despite signs of imminent negotiations.
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France decries Lebanon 'blockage'

Monday, November 19th 2007, 15:21
related countries: Lebanon

France's foreign minister blames unnamed groups for blocking a compromise in the Lebanon presidency impasse.
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French navy deters Somali pirates

Monday, November 19th 2007, 16:41
related countries: Somalia

Two ships carrying food aid have arrived in Somalia under French naval escort, to deter pirates.
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France gripped by massive strike

Tuesday, November 20th 2007, 15:22

French teachers and civil servants hold a 24-hour walkout, as the transport strike enters its second week.
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Sarkozy defiant against strikers

Tuesday, November 20th 2007, 17:53

French President Nicolas Sarkozy vows to see through controversial reforms despite crippling industrial action.
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Talks to begin over French strike

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 5:24

The French government is to hold talks with striking unions as a pensions dispute enters its eighth day.
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France 'let down' Chad aid staff

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 6:29
related countries: Chad

The head of a French charity facing child abduction charges in Chad says his government "let down" his workers.
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Cycling: Landis in last drugs plea

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 11:12

Floyd Landis files his final appeal as he tries to overturn the doping ban that cost him the 2006 Tour de France title.
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French trains 'hit by sabotage'

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 16:51

Widespread sabotage has damaged France's high-speed TGV rail network, the state rail operator says.
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Chirac formally probed over scam

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 17:14

French ex-President Jacques Chirac is questioned over alleged embezzlement while he was Paris mayor.
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Sarkozy vows to punish saboteurs

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 20:03

France's president calls for those who sabotaged the TGV rail network to be punished with "extreme severity".
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Choreographer Bejart dies at 80

Thursday, November 22nd 2007, 12:52

Renowned French choreographer Maurice Bejart has died, a spokeswoman for his company says.
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France urged to cut its spending

Thursday, November 22nd 2007, 19:57
related places: Eu

The president of the European Central Bank urges France to cut its public spending - the heaviest in the EU.
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France's rail strike 'nears end'

Thursday, November 22nd 2007, 23:13

French travellers endure a ninth day of chaos, but an end to a crippling transport strike appears to be in sight.
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Chirac vows to 'fight for honour'

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 0:20
related places: Paris

French ex-President Chirac says he will fight for his "honour" against charges he misused funds as Paris mayor.
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France train services near normal

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 12:11

Services on many French rail lines are getting back to normal after a nine-day strike over pension reforms.
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Sarkozy's 'war' with French strikers

Saturday, November 24th 2007, 12:11

The French president's ongoing dispute with striking transport unions is far from won, writes Emma Jane Kirby.
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Sarkozy on first visit to China

Sunday, November 25th 2007, 21:36
related countries: China, Iran

French President Nicolas Sarkozy is in China for a visit that is expected to focus on economic links and Iran.
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Sarkozy in 20bn euro China deal

Monday, November 26th 2007, 11:36
related countries: China

French industrialists visiting China with President Nicolas Sarkozy finalise trade deals worth billions of euros.
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Riots break out in Paris suburbs

Monday, November 26th 2007, 16:49
related places: Paris

Youths set buildings and cars ablaze in Paris suburbs after two teenagers died in a crash with a police car.
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