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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.
French police have ended a hostage siege at a nursery school after a youth armed with two swords released the remaining children and their teacher in Besancon.
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French police end a hostage siege at a nursery school after a youth armed with two swords released children and their teacher in Besancon.
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Each year in Paris the great and the good of the internet world gather for the Le Web conference.
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United KingdomTwo British championship-winning pilots are killed in a helicopter crash in southern France.
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Glasgow struggle to contain French side Toulouse at Firhill in their Heineken Cup Pool 6 match.
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A top executive at European planemaker Airbus is placed under formal investigation for insider trading by French authorities, reports suggest.
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GermanyFrench and German leaders passionately defend the single currency at talks ahead of an EU summit on the euro crisis fund.
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SomaliaAn embattled Somali radio station, Radio Shabelle, receives an international press freedom award at a ceremony in Paris.
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A Paris auctioneer postpones a sale of paintings by Picasso that he gave to his chauffeur after a further cache of the artist's works was revealed.
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GermanyGermany and France inaugurate a new bridge at Strasbourg as part of an ambitious high-speed rail network to span the EU.
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RussiaFrance's PM visits Moscow amid press speculation about a move to allow a road to be built through a historic forest.
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Snow and ice paralyse much of the region around Paris stranding thousands of motorists and air travellers for the night.
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Heavy snow hits Paris, briefly closing Charles de Gaulle airport and bringing buses to a halt.
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Paris has been covered in a blanket of snow which has led to disruption on the French capital's motorways and airports.
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ChileFourteen officials from General Pinochet's military regime in Chile are being tried in their absence in a French court.
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HaitiUN peacekeepers were the most likely source of the cholera epidemic sweeping Haiti, according to a leaked report by a French disease expert.
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Few French people respond to a call by ex-footballer Eric Cantona for people to punish banks by withdrawing all their cash.
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A public library in the French city of Nantes discovers a coded manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci.
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IndiaIndia signs a deal to buy nuclear reactors from France, following talks between President Nicolas Sarkozy and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Delhi.
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United StatesA Paris court blames US carrier Continental for the 2000 Concorde crash which killed 113, but the airline vows to appeal, describing the ruling as 'absurd'.
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Serbia and MontenegroViktor Troicki is the hero for Serbia as he beats France's Michael Llodra in the decisive rubber to give the home side their first Davis Cup victory.
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Serbia and MontenegroNovak Djokovic beats Gilles Simon to ensure Serbia end day one of the Davis Cup final in Belgrade level with France at 1-1.
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French first lady Carla Bruni thanks Pope Benedict for saying the use of condoms to prevent HIV/Aids may be justified.
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United StatesNicolas Sarkozy was left chasing a rabbit while meeting the US ambassador before he became French president, leaked US diplomatic cables reveal.
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MaliAn immigrant from Mali in West Africa has died after French police shot him twice with a Taser electric stun gun during a fracas, officials say.
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Greece, 
IrelandStephen King, Chief Economist of the global bank HSBC says that the EU needs to be closer politically in order to maintain the Eurozone. The French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde says the EU has already bailed out Greece and Ireland and they will
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Hong KongThe French consulate in Hong Kong refuses to comment on reports that the consul there stole two expensive bottles of wine.
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Segolene Royal, the Socialist Nicolas Sarkozy defeated in France's 2007 presidential poll, says she wants to stand again.
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BelgiumA Belgian fast food firm says it plans to offer customers in France a luxury burger containing in the run-up to Christmas.
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JapanA French wine maker has found himself the hero of Japanese manga comic strips and is now a cult figure in Japan.
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Lithuania, RussiaThe remains of 18 French soldiers killed during Napoleon Bonaparte's failed invasion of Russia have been buried in Lithuania.
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A retired electrician in southern France who worked for Pablo Picasso says he has hundreds of previously unknown works by the artist.
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A retired electrician in southern France says he has hundreds of previously unknown works by Pablo Picasso, worth about 60m euros.
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ArubaThe French insurer AXA has signed an agreement with Australian wealth manager AMP to divide up the activities of AXA APH.
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French GuianaThe first satellite dedicated to delivering broadband services to Europe launches on an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
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France is to resume searching for the flight recorders from an Air France jet that crashed in the Atlantic in 2009, killing all 228 people on board.
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A new exhibition has opened in Paris close to where the Bastille once stood, revealing some of the famous prison's secrets.
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A Paris pensioner has survived for 20 days on warm water after getting stuck in her bathroom, before neighbours realised she was trapped.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's use of the word "paedophile" in an exchange with reporters sparks a row with the media.
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Around 60 towns in France have started using horse-drawn carts to collect waste in order to reduce pollution, lower costs and limit noise.
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A French farmer is given a one-month suspended jail sentence and fined 500 euros (£428) for feeding his ducks marijuana to rid them of worms.
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United KingdomLiverpool boss Roy Hodgson says he is "disappointed" and "angry" about losing Steven Gerrard to an injury suffered in an England friendly.
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France rejects demands by an al-Qaeda group to negotiate the release of hostages held in Africa with Osama Bin Laden
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Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Paris Club of creditor nations cancels $7.35bn of debt owed by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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The Louvre Museum in Paris is appealing to the public to help raise 1m euro (£853,000) to keep a Lucas Cranach the Elder painting in France.
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United KingdomEngland boss Fabio Capello defends his decision to leave Steven Gerrard on the pitch until the 85th minute of the defeat by France, even though he picked up an injury.
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Jordan, United KingdomFrance outplay England at Wembley as goals from Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena earn them a 2-1 win in the friendly international.
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Argentina, 
Brazil, 
Morocco, 
Qatar, United KingdomEngland entertain France at Wembley, with Andy Carroll starting, and Northern Ireland host Morocco following Argentina's late win over Brazil on a busy night of international friendlies.
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IranFrance accuses Iranian security services of "unacceptable acts of violence" on diplomatic personnel at the ambassador's residence in Tehran.
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Colombia, 
MexicoUN cultural organisation Unesco adds France's traditional gastronomic meal to the world's intangible heritage list along with Mexican food and Colombian songs.
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The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, has made a significant cabinet reshuffle.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy replaces his foreign and defence ministers but keeps his PM as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
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Seven people are killed and 11 seriously hurt by a fire in a nine-storey hostel housing immigrants in the eastern French city of Dijon.
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France's prime minister and cabinet tender their resignation ahead of a planned reshuffle by President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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United StatesFrance's state rail company SNCF expresses "profound sorrow" in the US for its role in transporting Jews to Nazi death camps in WWII.
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France's Gael Monfils defeats Andy Murray in three sets to reach the semi-finals of the Paris Masters.
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United KingdomBritish number one Andy Murray takes on home favourite Gael Monfils at the Paris Masters with a semi-final against Roger Federer at stake.
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GermanyEconomic recovery has slowed across Europe, with Germany, which had experienced record growth, showing the sharpest change.
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Andy Murray moves into the Paris Masters quarter-finals with a hard-fought victory over Marin Cilic.
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Croatia, United KingdomBritish number one Andy Murray takes on Croatia's Marin Cilic for a place in the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters.
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United KingdomAndy Roddick completes the eight-man line-up for the ATP World Tour Finals in London as results go his way at the Paris Masters on Thursday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to make his first trip aboard his new official plane which has been criticised for costing too much.
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Five suspects arrested in Paris this week were French Islamists planning a terror attack, the French government says.
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A judge says French carmaker Renault can name a new model Zoe - throwing out a case brought by parents of two girls who said they could face a lifetime of teasing.
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The French car maker Renault has defeated a legal challenge to its plan to call its latest model the "Zoe".
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France's prize-winning reclusive author Michel Houellebecq
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Euro Disney cuts its annual losses by 28%, despite a fall in visitor numbers to Disneyland Paris.
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France's opposition attacks President Nicolas Sarkozy for signing into law a controversial bill raising the retirement age by two years.
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IraqThe French government has said it will defend the rights of Christian minorities living in Muslim countries around the world.
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