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

French fight in Mali's hostile desert

Monday, March 25th 2013, 13:25
related countries: Mali

On patrol with French forces fighting rock by rock in Mali
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VIDEO: Paris rally against gay marriage

Monday, March 25th 2013, 6:10
related places: Paris

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken part in a final protest in Paris against a bill to legalise same-sex marriage and adoption.
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Paris rally against gay marriage

Monday, March 25th 2013, 4:21
related places: Paris

Hundreds of thousands attend a final protest in central Paris against a bill to legalise same-sex marriage, as police fire tear gas amid scuffles.
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CAR coup leaders 'must remain calm'

Sunday, March 24th 2013, 19:51
related countries: Central African Republic

France urges restraint on rebels in the Central African Republic, who have taken over the capital and forced the president to flee.
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France says militant Abou Zeid dead

Saturday, March 23rd 2013, 15:20
related countries: Mali

The French presidency confirms "with certainty" reports that Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed in fighting in Mali in late February.
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ASO want to run Tour of Britain

Friday, March 22nd 2013, 20:42
related countries: United Kingdom

The owner of the Tour de France, Amaury Sport Organisation, confirms it is interested in running the Tour of Britain.
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Sarkozy placed under investigation

Thursday, March 21st 2013, 23:13

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy is placed under formal investigation over allegations he accepted illegal campaign donations in 2007.
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IMF head Lagarde's flat searched

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 15:42
related places: Lagarde, Paris

French police search the Paris apartment of IMF chief Christine Lagarde, in an inquiry into alleged abuse of her authority when finance minister.
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Al-Qaeda 'kills French Mali hostage'

Wednesday, March 20th 2013, 10:54
related countries: Mali

Al-Qaeda-linked militants tell a Mauritanian news agency they have killed French hostage Philippe Verdon, because of France's intervention in Mali.
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French minister quits over tax probe

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 18:38
related countries: Switzerland
related places: Cahuzac

France's Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac resigns after prosecutors begin an investigation into an alleged secret Swiss bank account.
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Mali: France hosts 'post-war' talks

Tuesday, March 19th 2013, 16:03
related countries: Mali

France is hosting talks on Mali's post-war development, two months after sending troops to battle Islamist militants in northern Mali.
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Father and son killed in Alps named

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 22:13
related countries: United Kingdom

A British man and his 12-year-old son found dead in the French Alps after apparently falling while hiking have been named.
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Hollande makes Toulouse killing vow

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 18:53
related places: Toulouse

France's president vows to continue fighting terrorism at a memorial for victims of last year's killing rampage by an Islamist gunman in Toulouse.
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Leading French lawyer found dead

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 17:54

One of France's best-known criminal lawyers, Olivier Metzner, has been found dead, floating off his private island, in an apparent suicide.
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Barca face PSG in Champions League

Friday, March 15th 2013, 11:53

Barcelona face Paris St-Germain in the Champions League quarter-finals, with Real Madrid meeting Galatasaray.
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Boris defends bankers on French radio

Friday, March 15th 2013, 11:06
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: City of London, Paris

Mayor of London Boris Johnson defends the City of London and bankers during a visit to Paris.
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Early HIV drugs 'cure one in 10'

Friday, March 15th 2013, 9:38

Rapid drug treatment after HIV infection may be enough to "functionally cure" about one in 10 patients, say researchers in France.
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VIDEO: Wine is overnight hit in Japan

Friday, March 15th 2013, 4:39
related countries: Japan
related places: Chateau, Puy

French winemaker Leo Tordjman tells how his Chateau le Puy became an unexpected overnight success in Japan.
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France backs end to Syria arms ban

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 18:34
related countries: Syria, United Kingdom
related places: Eu

French President Francois Hollande backs calls for the EU arms embargo on Syria to be lifted to allow weapons to reach anti-government rebels.
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Court backs man over Sarkozy insult

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 13:16

The European Court of Human Rights says France violated freedom of expression by fining a man for insulting former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Defining absinthe gives EU headache

Thursday, March 14th 2013, 10:09
related places: Eu

The EU is struggling to define absinthe - a strong alcoholic drink that inspired some French poets and painters.
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Europe faces more snow travel chaos

Wednesday, March 13th 2013, 10:07
related countries: Germany

Transport in France, Belgium and Germany continues to be severely disrupted by severe winter weather, although snowfalls ease.
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France to break deficit pledge

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 17:13

President Francois Hollande admits France's 2013 budget deficit will be higher than the 3% level he promised during last year's election.
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Snow hits northern Europe travellers

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 15:41
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Frankfurt airport, Europe's third-busiest hub, partially re-opens after heavy snow causes severe travel disruption in north-west Europe.
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VIDEO: Snow causes disruption in Europe

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 13:40
related places: Paris

Heavy snow in north-western Europe is causing severe travel disruption, including the cancellation of hundreds of flights via Frankfurt and Paris
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Beyonce and Jay-Z finances hacked

Tuesday, March 12th 2013, 7:19

The musicians are targeted online, along with Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton.
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WWII secret agent's ashes scattered

Sunday, March 10th 2013, 18:42
related countries: Australia

The ashes of Australia's most decorated World War II servicewoman, saboteur and spy Nancy Wake, are scattered at a ceremony in central France.
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Team Sky's Porte wins Paris-Nice

Sunday, March 10th 2013, 16:26
related countries: Aruba
related places: Nice, Paris

Richie Porte of Team Sky becomes the first Australian to win the Paris-Nice road race in France.
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VIDEO: Catholicism's fading appeal in France

Sunday, March 10th 2013, 14:27

As Cardinals prepare for their conclave to elect a new Pope, the Catholic Church more followers than ever, but the the number of church-going Catholics is falling year on year in much of Europe.
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France and its Catholic legacy

Sunday, March 10th 2013, 2:58

France's Catholic Church soldiers on but young stay away
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Ireland 13-13 France

Saturday, March 9th 2013, 18:54
related countries: Ireland

A late converted try from Louis Picamoles helps France earn a 13-13 draw with Ireland draw at the Aviva Stadium.
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Al-Qaeda base in Mali 'dismantled'

Friday, March 8th 2013, 17:22
related countries: Mali

A major al-Qaeda base has been dismantled by French forces in the remote mountains of northern Mali, France's Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says.
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French mother tried for 9/11 T-shirt

Thursday, March 7th 2013, 11:35
related places: Born

A French mother goes on trial for sending her son, named Jihad, to nursery school wearing a T-shirt reading "I am a bomb" and "Born on 11 September".
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France name Michalak at fly-half

Thursday, March 7th 2013, 10:17
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom

France recall Frederic Michalak at fly-half to face Ireland in one of three changes from the side which lost to England.
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PSG 1-1 Valencia (3-2 aggregate)

Wednesday, March 6th 2013, 22:24

Paris St-Germain reach the Champions League quarter-finals as a 1-1 draw with Valencia gives them a 3-2 aggregate win.
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French troops in Mali 'until April'

Wednesday, March 6th 2013, 22:11
related countries: Mali

French President Francois Hollande says his country will begin withdrawing troops from Mali in April, a month later than originally planned.
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VIDEO: French fast food outsells bistros

Tuesday, March 5th 2013, 15:31

Fast food has outsold table service restaurants for the first time in France, according to new research.
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Madagascar jail raid over nun murder

Tuesday, March 5th 2013, 13:11
related countries: Madagascar

Two people are killed after a crowd storms a jail in Madagascar where the three alleged killers of a French nun were believed to be held.
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Islamist 'probably' killed in Mali

Monday, March 4th 2013, 22:58
related countries: Mali

The head of France's joint chiefs of staff says it is "probable" that Islamist commander Abdelhamid Abou Zeid was killed in fighting in Mali.
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Paris chefs kick-start a horsemeat gastro-trend

Monday, March 4th 2013, 0:07

Fashionable Paris chefs kickstart a horsemeat gastro-trend
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AUDIO: 'Love letter to my lost boyfriend'

Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 15:48
related countries: Syria

A year after the French photographer Remi Ochlik was killed in Syria, his partner Emilie Blachere has written a love letter to him.
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French soldier dies in Mali fighting

Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 14:42
related countries: Chad, Mali

A French soldier is killed in heavy fighting in northern Mali in the same region where Chad said it killed Islamist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
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VIDEO: Richard the Lionheart's heart probed

Saturday, March 2nd 2013, 8:08
related places: Richard

French scientists have revealed the results of a nine month study on the heart of Richard I, or as he is better known Richard the Lionheart.
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VIDEO: France crowns pig squealing kings

Friday, March 1st 2013, 0:56

One of the big crowd-pullers at France's annual agricultural fair is the national pig-noise contest.
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Inspirational French writer dies

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 17:51

Stephane Hessel, the former French Resistance fighter whose 2010 manifesto Time for Outrage inspired social protesters in Europe, dies aged 95.
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What 'hostage video' reveals about Nigeria's Boko Haram

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 13:53
related countries: Nigeria

What the French 'kidnap video' reveals about Nigeria's militants
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VIDEO: Brazil's robot surgeons in action

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 11:40
related countries: Brazil, United States

Surgeons in Brazil and France are turning to robots developed by in the United States to assist them in delicate reconstructive nerve operations.
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Strauss-Kahn fails to ban book

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 3:51

A judge in France rejects a lawsuit filed by Dominique Strauss-Kahn which sought to stop the publication of a book written by a former lover.
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Deadly attack on Mali checkpoint

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 0:44
related countries: Mali
related places: Kidal

Seven people are reported killed in a car bomb blast in the northern Malian town of Kidal, thought to be aimed at a Tuareg group supporting French troops.
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Italian photographer Rizzo dies

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 16:56
related countries: Italy
related places: Paris

Willy Rizzo, the Italian photographer renowned for his images of prominent celebrities, has died in Paris at the age of 84, his studio announces.
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VIDEO: French family in 'kidnap video'

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 11:26
related countries: Cameroon

A video posted on YouTube appears to show seven members of a French family, including four children, abducted by Islamists in Cameroon.
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French children in 'kidnap video'

Tuesday, February 26th 2013, 11:20
related countries: Cameroon

A video published on YouTube appears to show seven members of a French family, including four children, abducted by Islamists in Cameroon.
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Beckham aims for regular PSG starts

Monday, February 25th 2013, 6:47
related places: Marseille

David Beckham is aiming for a place in the Paris St-Germain starting XI after an instant impact in the win over Marseille.
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PSG win as Beckham makes debut

Sunday, February 24th 2013, 23:15
related places: Marseille

David Beckham debuts for Paris St-Germain as the French league leaders see off rivals Marseille and stay on course for the title.
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'Le Spice Boy' proves his worth

Sunday, February 24th 2013, 23:03
related places: Paris

Beckham debut a good start to Paris love affair
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Mali operation reaches 'final phase'

Sunday, February 24th 2013, 0:02
related countries: Mali

French President Francois Hollande says his country's forces are engaged in the "final phase" of the fight against Islamist militants in Mali.
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Lancaster hails England composure

Saturday, February 23rd 2013, 21:05
related countries: United Kingdom

England coach Stuart Lancaster praises their composure as they withstand the pressure of a "proper Test" to beat France.
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England 23-13 France

Saturday, February 23rd 2013, 20:57

England keep their Grand Slam hopes on track with a 23-13 victory over a rejuvenated France at Twickenham.
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Beckham can win title - Ancelotti

Saturday, February 23rd 2013, 20:36

Paris St-Germain manager Carlo Ancelotti says David Beckham has the quality to help the club to their first title since 1994.
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Praying for Six Nations victory

Saturday, February 23rd 2013, 1:12

French hope for divine intervention in rugby Six Nations
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Cuthbert expects Italian revival

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 18:18
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

Wales wing Alex Cuthbert believes Saturday's Six Nations opponents Italy will match the performance that accounted for France.
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US sends 100 armed troops to Niger

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 16:45
related countries: Mali, Niger, United States

The US has deployed 100 troops to Niger to assist French forces in neighbouring Mali, President Barack Obama says.
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England will go on attack - Brown

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 15:09
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Twickenham

Mike Brown says England will look to attack against France in their Six Nations clash at Twickenham on Saturday.
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Three held over France Spurs attack

Friday, February 22nd 2013, 8:39
related places: Lyon

Three men are arrested by French police following an attack on Tottenham Hotspur fans in a bar in Lyon.
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VIDEO: French slam 'ignorant' US tyre boss

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 21:29
related countries: United States

A French minister has responded angrily to the boss of US tyremaker Titan who said he would have to be "stupid" to invest in the country.
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French blast 'ignorant' US tyre boss

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 15:41
related countries: United States

A French minister responds angrily to the boss of a US tyre firm who said he would have to be "stupid" to invest in France, where he claimed staff worked three hours a day.
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French hostages 'not released'

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 12:59
related countries: Cameroon, Nigeria

The French foreign ministry denies reports that a French family, kidnapped in Cameroon this week, have been freed.
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England change three for France

Thursday, February 21st 2013, 10:45

England bring back Manu Tuilagi, Courtney Lawes and Dylan Hartley for the Six Nations clash with France.
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US boss mocks French work ethic

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 21:22
related countries: United States

The boss of US tyremaker Titan causes uproar in France by saying French workers only put in three hours a day.
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Record loss at Credit Agricole

Wednesday, February 20th 2013, 10:40

French bank Credit Agricole reports a worse-than-expected annual loss after an unexpected tax charge pushes it deeper into the red.
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