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

Protests cut short Olympic relay

Monday, April 7th 2008, 18:12
related countries: China
related places: Paris

French security officials cut short the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay in the face of anti-China protests.
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Djibouti hunts for abuse suspects

Monday, April 7th 2008, 14:51
related countries: Djibouti

A Djibouti court issues international arrest warrants for five French nationals suspected of sexually abusing children.
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IOC chief speaks out over Tibet

Monday, April 7th 2008, 11:08
related places: Paris

Olympics chief Jacques Rogge voices concern over unrest in Tibet and torch protests, now set for Paris.
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Paris braced for torch protests

Monday, April 7th 2008, 4:33
related countries: China

Hundreds of French police will be deployed to protect the Olympic torch from protesters angry at China's role in Tibet.
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Contact made with yacht pirates

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 23:43
related countries: Somalia

France makes contact with Somali pirates who seized a luxury French yacht with 30 crew in the Gulf of Aden.
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French demand Betancourt release

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 15:24
related countries: Colombia
related places: Marches

Marches are held in France to call for the release of French-Colombian Farc hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
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French Muslim graves defaced

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 13:38

Vandals use a pig's head and anti-Muslim slogans to deface the graves of Muslim soldiers in a French WWI cemetery.
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Taleban accuse Sarkozy of U-turn

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 20:57
related countries: Afghanistan

The Taleban accuse Nicolas Sarkozy of reneging on a pledge to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan.
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Sarkozy aide 'misquoted' on Games

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 17:04
related countries: China

A French minister denies she laid out conditions for President Sarkozy's presence at the Beijing Games.
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France is tracking hijacked yacht

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 14:05
related countries: Somalia

The French military is continuing to track a luxury yacht seized on Friday by Somali pirates.
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Anti-French fury in the Comoros Islands

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 11:06
related countries: Comoros

Jonny Hogg visits the Comoros Islands where warmth turns to fury as people accuse the French of helping their rebel leader escape.
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France sets Olympics conditions

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 10:27
related countries: China

A French minister sets three conditions for President Sarkozy's presence at the opening of the Beijing Games.
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Custody for Comoran rebel

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 3:18
related countries: Comoros, Reunion

Ousted Comoran rebel leader Mohammed Bacar is remanded in custody on the French island of Reunion.
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Somali pirates seize French yacht

Friday, April 4th 2008, 21:08
related countries: Somalia

Pirates board a luxury French yacht off Somalia's coast, taking all its 30 crew hostage, officials say.
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Nato meets Canada's troop demands

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 15:40
related countries: Afghanistan

Canada will continue its frontline role in Afghanistan, after the commitment of more troops at a Nato conference.
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France sets date on Nato decision

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 10:26

President Nicolas Sarkozy indicates France will move by the end of 2008 to rejoin Nato's military command.
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More Nato troops for Afghan mission

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 4:06
related countries: Afghanistan

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Alleged killer flees from court

Wednesday, April 2nd 2008, 23:53
related countries: Mauritania

A man accused of being involved in the murder of four French tourists escapes before his Mauritanian trial.
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French aid staff freed from jail

Monday, March 31st 2008, 22:16
related countries: Chad

Six members of a French charity convicted of kidnapping 103 children in Chad are released from prison.
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Pernod Ricard wins Absolut race

Monday, March 31st 2008, 7:46
related countries: Sweden

French alcohol giant Pernod Ricard is to buy Vin & Sprit, maker of Absolut vodka, from the Swedish government.
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Plane on stand-by for Betancourt

Sunday, March 30th 2008, 19:25
related countries: Colombia

France sends a plane to French Guiana in case Ingrid Betancourt, held hostage by Colombian rebels, is freed.
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Italy recalls tainted mozzarella

Friday, March 28th 2008, 17:11
related countries: Italy

The Italian authorities withdraw mozzarella cheese linked to dioxin contamination - satisfying the EU.
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French killer forced into court

Friday, March 28th 2008, 15:20

A man accused of being one of France's worst serial killers is forced to attend court by angry prosecutors.
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France flies rebel out of Comoros

Friday, March 28th 2008, 2:43
related countries: Comoros, Reunion

Ousted Comoran rebel leader Mohammed Bacar is flown to the island of Reunion by the French military.
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UK plans 'Entente Formidable'

Thursday, March 27th 2008, 20:01
related countries: United Kingdom

Gordon Brown announces plans to strengthen Britain's ties with France at a summit with Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Anti-French protests in Comoros

Thursday, March 27th 2008, 18:01
related countries: Comoros

Police fire tear gas at Comoros demostrators angry at France's role in the escape of Anjouan's ousted leader.
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French 'serial killer' on trial

Thursday, March 27th 2008, 14:15

Michel Fourniret goes on trial in France charged with killing seven girls and women between 1987 and 2001.
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Comoran rebel seeks asylum

Thursday, March 27th 2008, 8:33
related countries: Comoros

The ousted renegade leader of the Comoran island of Anjouan reportedly flees to a French-run island.
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France pledges Afghanistan troops

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 21:15
related countries: Afghanistan

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will send more troops to Afghanistan to support Nato's mission.
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Sarkozy: We are stronger together

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 21:02
related countries: United Kingdom

The French president arrives on a state visit to Britain after calling for the two countries to work "hand in glove".
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Football: Capello ready for France

Wednesday, March 26th 2008, 6:13

England boss Fabio Capello says Wednesday's match against Euro 2008 hopefuls France will be the toughest of his side's summer friendlies.
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Sarkozy moots Olympic protest

Tuesday, March 25th 2008, 16:03

French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he has not ruled out boycotting the opening of the Olympics.
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Seven dead in French road crash

Tuesday, March 25th 2008, 9:12
related places: Montpellier

Seven people die in a motorway collision near Montpellier in southern France.
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Sarkozy's ex-wife marries in NY

Monday, March 24th 2008, 3:53

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife Cecilia Ciganer-Albeniz remarries at private ceremony in New York.
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Nuclear plans attract fresh fire

Saturday, March 22nd 2008, 12:38
related countries: United Kingdom

A rumoured Anglo-French nuclear reactor initiative is the wrong plan for the UK, anti-nuclear group warns.
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France to reduce nuclear warheads

Friday, March 21st 2008, 15:04

President Nicolas Sarkozy says France will reduce its number of airborne nuclear warheads by one third.
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Tumour woman's death unnatural

Friday, March 21st 2008, 14:47

A French woman with a face tumour who lost a right-to-die case did not die naturally, an autopsy finds.
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Euthanasia-row woman dies

Wednesday, March 19th 2008, 22:04

A French woman with a face tumour who lost a legal challenge seeking euthanasia dies at her home.
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Sarkozy drops text-message case

Wednesday, March 19th 2008, 15:16

French President Nicolas Sarkozy drops a lawsuit against a magazine that alleged he had offered to take back his ex-wife.
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SocGen rogue trader is released

Tuesday, March 18th 2008, 15:01

Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel, accused of losing billions of euros, is freed from custody.
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France honours last WWI veteran

Monday, March 17th 2008, 19:08

President Sarkozy leads a national ceremony to honour France's last WWI veteran, who died last week.
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France rejects right-to-die plea

Monday, March 17th 2008, 17:46

A French woman with a severely disfiguring and incurable facial tumour has been refused the right to die.
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French police raid Paris suburb

Monday, March 17th 2008, 11:19
related places: Paris

French police arrest 15 people in raids near Paris where five policemen were attacked earlier in March.
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Sarkozy's UMP suffers poll rebuke

Monday, March 17th 2008, 3:56

Voters in France's local polls hand key power bases to the left, in a punishing blow to President Sarkozy.
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Wales complete Grand Slam triumph

Saturday, March 15th 2008, 15:36
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom
related places: Cardiff

Wales beat France to win the Six Nations Grand Slam in Cardiff.
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