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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.
BelgiumFrance says it will not take the ex-wife and accomplice of Belgian child-killer Marc Dutroux, after her early release from a jail in Belgium.
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ArgentinaThree ex-police officers are held in Argentina over the murder of several women, including a French nun, thrown from a plane during military rule.
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French farmers have been badly affected by Europe's unusually warm weather this spring.
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China, 
United KingdomBritish sculptor Anish Kapoor condemns China's "barbaric" detention of artist Ai Weiwei as he unveils his monumental Leviathan art installation in Paris.
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French national football coach Laurent Blanc is cleared by the country's sports minister of race discrimination.
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French football authorities are to outline what action, if any, will be taken against the national team coach Laurent Blanc following comments he made about the number of black and Arab players at the country's national training academies.
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New ZealandThe mummified, tattooed head of an ancient Maori warrior is set to be returned to New Zealand, after decades in a French museum.
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In France the monopoly enjoyed for the last 70 years by the National Federation of Taxi-Artisans is under threat, by a new business model set up in Avignon.
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Atlantic OceanFrench salvage workers recover the first body from the seabed wreckage of an Air France Airbus that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
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A rare wooden bust by Paul Gauguin sells for $11.3m (£6.8m) in New York, a record price for a sculpture by the French artist.
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Atlantic Ocean, 
BotswanaSalvage workers from France prepare to recover more remains from the seabed of the Atlantic ocean, off the Brazilian coast.
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France takes sin out of absinthe, overturning 1915 ban
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TunisiaIncreasing numbers of Tunisian migrants are sleeping rough in Paris after fleeing unrest in their home country.
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An investigation begins into allegations that France coach Laurent Blanc and his staff agreed informal quotas limiting the number of the black and Arab youth players in the national set-up.
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BrazilA second flight recorder from an Air France plane that crashed in 2009 off the coast of Brazil has been recovered, French search officials say.
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BrazilOne of two flight recorders from an Air France plane that crashed in 2009 off the coast of Brazil has been recovered, French search officials say.
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Gavin Henson's suspension by Toulon is lifted following the outcome of the French club's disciplinary process.
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Former French PM Dominique de Villepin faces an appeal against his acquittal on charges that he plotted to discredit President Sarkozy.
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GermanyGerman and French manufacturing continues to expand, but worries about "periphery" economies continues.
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Northampton crush French side Perpignan 23-7 in the semi-finals of the Heineken Cup and will play Leinster in the final.
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The French Football Federation's national technical director is suspended after claims of a secret racial quota for trainees.
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France gripped by manhunt after murder of 'perfect' provincial family
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AngolaA French appeals court quashes the conviction of ex-Interior Minister Charles Pasqua for arms trafficking to Angola.
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TunisiaThe mayor of Paris urges an end to the "shocking" arrest of dozens of mainly Tunisian migrants in France as detentions continue.
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SwitzerlandA French air traffic controller is found stabbed to death inside a secure unit at Mulhouse airport near the Swiss border.
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TunisiaPolice in Paris arrest 60 suspected illegal migrants, most of them Tunisians, as France pushes for tighter border controls.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport names a three-man panel to hear Alberto Contador's doping case and expects a verdict before July's Tour de France.
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Afghanistan, 
NigerFour Frenchmen seized by al-Qaeda militants in Niger in September are shown in a video asking for France to quit Afghanistan.
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A France Telecom worker and father of four commits suicide by setting himself on fire in a work car park near the southern city of Bordeaux, management and unions say.
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ItalyEurope's open-border Schengen treaty should be reformed, say France and Italy, amid tensions over an influx of migrants from North Africa.
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ItalyMany North African migrants who want to get into France start their journey in Ventimiglia, in northern Italy.
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ItalyFrench dairy group Lactalis has launched a 3.4bn euro takeover bid for Italian rival Parmalat.
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GermanyThousands of people in France and Germany call for an end to nuclear power on the eve of the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
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Italy, 
LibyaA man is subdued by cabin crew after he pulls out a knife and demands that a Paris-Rome Alitalia flight divert to Tripoli.
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Does 'apartment culture' make the French more considerate citizens?
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Libya, TunisiaFrance says it wants a mechanism to suspend visa-free travel around the European Union, after an influx of thousand of migrants fleeing the upheaval in Libya and Tunisia.
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French police investigating the murder of five members of the same family buried in their own backyard, are hunting for the father of the family.
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Libya, TunisiaFrance calls for an easier mechanism for temporarily suspending the EU's passport-free Schengen travel zone, as it fears an influx of migrants from Libya and Tunisia.
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Police in France discover the car of a man suspected of killing his wife and four children, after five bodies are found at the family home.
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French riot police are to be banned from drinking alcohol with their meals while on duty, ending a long-cherished tradition.
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Police in the western French city of Nantes find three bodies at the house of a missing family of six, reports say.
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Italy, Libya, United KingdomItaly and France joined Britain in saying they will send up to a dozen military officers each to help Libya's rebels with organisational, logistical and communication skills, but will have no combat role
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Libya, United KingdomFrance and Italy say they are to send small teams of military officers to advise Libyan rebels who are seeking to topple Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Estonia, 
LebanonSeven Estonian tourists kidnapped in eastern Lebanon in March plead for help from Arab and French leaders to secure their release.
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A controversial photograph of a crucifix bathed in urine is vandalised at an art museum in southern France, officials say.
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LibyaFrench commandos should be deployed on the ground in Libya, a senior French official suggests, despite a UN resolution that forbids a force of occupation.
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ItalyFrance acted within its rights when it halted trains carrying North African migrants crossing its border from Italy, the European Commission says.
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United KingdomWales international Gavin Henson is suspended for one week by French club Toulon for breaching the club's disciplinary code.
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ItalyFrench authorities have blocked trains from Italy in an attempt to stop north African migrants from entering the country.
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ItalyA row escalates as French authorities block Italian trains for hours in an attempt to stop migrants from north Africa entering the country.
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A holistic rejuvenation for French spa towns
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Germany, LibyaA Nato meeting of foreign ministers on Libya fails to secure a commitment to send more combat aircraft for strikes on Col Gaddafi's regime.
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Bordeaux in France is celebrating its status as a digital city and trying to get all of its population online.
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Libya, United Kingdom, 
United StatesUS, British and French leaders insist that Muammar Gaddafi must step down in Libya, amid continuing signs of division within Nato over the alliance's military campaign.
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Libya, United Kingdom, United StatesUS, British and French leaders say in a joint letter that there can be no peace in Libya while Muammar Gaddafi remains in power.
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Libya, United KingdomNato's secretary general tells a high-profile summit it needs "a few more" strike planes for its Libya mission, but has received no offers from allies yet.
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A French exhibition charts the evolution of thrones, one of the most-potent symbols of power.
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French troops in Ivory Coast discover several large arms caches they say would have been used by former leader Laurent Gbagbo.
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French police issue their first fine to a woman for covering her face with an Islamic veil, a day after a law banning face coverings comes into force.
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Defiance from some Muslim women in France at the country's ban on the Islamic veil
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Ivory Coast politician Laurent Gbagbo surrenders after an assault on his residence in Abidjan and is put under UN guard.
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Police in Paris detain at least two women wearing Islamic veils across their faces, after a law banning the garment in public comes into force.
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French troops deploy in the centre of Abidjan for the first time to support air strikes as incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo refuses to quit.
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Democratic Republic of the CongoFrench forces, alongside UN troops, are playing a leading role in keeping the peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Offenders wearing face coverings such as the niqab or burka could be fined more than $200.
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Helicopter gunships attack targets near the residence of the incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo in Ivory Coast's main city, at the request of the UN.
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The French military said its helicopters had been in action against supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down as president.
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ItalyFrance and Italy agree to launch sea and air patrols to stop migrants fleeing North Africa from reaching Europe.
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Besieged Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has fewer than 1,000 troops left in the main city of Abidjan, according to French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet.
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