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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.
Roma angry and disillusioned after being thrown out of France
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IranFrance's Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he will 'do anything' to help save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction.
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RomaniaNick Thorpe has been visiting some of the families in western Romania, who were sent back from France.
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AfghanistanTwo French journalists kidnapped in Afghanistan in December are alive, says President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief adviser.
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SpainThe armed Basque separatist group Eta has decided not to carry out "armed actions" in its campaign for Basque independence from France and Spain, the BBC has been told.
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Thousands attend rallies in Paris and other French cities to protest at the government's policy of deporting Roma people.
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Questions over halal meat as market booms in France
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United KingdomDefence Secretary Liam Fox rules out the UK sharing aircraft carriers with France as part of closer defence co-operation.
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The European Commission criticises France over its expulsions of Roma (Gypsies) and requests more information about the crackdown.
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Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche hits back at the "violence" of criticism by fellow French actor Gerard Depardieu.
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Racial discrimination in French job market reflected in new feature film L'Italien.
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French citizens forced to change name to get a job
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Wildfires in southern France have destroyed 6,000 hectares of scrubland and pine forests near Montpelier.
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IranFrance says that "insults" in Iran's media aimed at France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, are "unacceptable".
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IranAn Iranian newspaper calls France's first lady Carla Bruni a "prostitute" after she condemns Iran's plan to stone a woman to death.
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United StatesUS biotechnology firm Genzyme turns down a $18.5bn cash bid from French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis.
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AustraliaA French climber, known as 'Spiderman', is facing charges after scaling a 57-storey building in Australia.
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United StatesAmerican socialite Paris Hilton is arrested in Las Vegas for alleged possession of cocaine after being stopped in a car, police say.
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A UN committee urges France to avoid collective deportations of Roma (Gypsies), as the French government defends the expulsions.
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A further 300 Roma settlers have been deported from France in President Sarkozy's continued crackdown on the community.
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SpainFrance defender Sebastien Squillaci completes his move to Arsenal from Spanish club Sevilla for an undisclosed fee.
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Former French minister Jack Lang is to become the new UN special adviser on piracy, officials say.
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GreeceFrench bank Credit Agricole reports a big rise in profits despite feeling the impact of the Greek debt crisis.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy says he will continue his controversial policy of Roma camp clearances and deportations.
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French engineers are set to drain a lake that has formed under a glacier on Mont Blanc, and which threatens to flood a valley below.
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Did the CIA put LSD in the bread of a southern French town?
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AfghanistanTwo French soldiers are killed and three injured during fighting in Afghanistan, the French president's office announces.
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France defender Sebastien Squillaci will undergo a medical at Arsenal on Monday ahead of a permanent transfer, according to his club Sevilla.
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France cuts its forecast for economic growth next year to 2% from 2.5% following a meeting of senior ministers.
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Dozens of Roma (Gypsies) are flown back to Romania from France, in the first of a wave of repatriations condemned by rights groups.
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Criticism is mounting of France's move to expel hundreds of Roma gypsies.
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United KingdomBritish number one Andy Murray opens his Cincinnati Masters campaign against world number 58 Jeremy Chardy of France.
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RussiaA controversial French politician unveils a statue to the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin.
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Nicolas Anelka calls the French Football Federation "clowns" and says he is "dying with laughter" over his 18-game ban.
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HaitiA group of intellectuals and politicians calls on France to repay 17bn euros (£14bn) "extorted" from Haiti in the 19th Century.
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Roma (Gypsies) block a major road near Bordeaux in protest after hundreds of them were evicted from an illegal campsite.
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Thousands of pilgrims are evacuated from Lourdes in southern France after a bomb scare, but a search finds no threat, officials say.
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Paris shows bees prefer the city to the countryside
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French authorities call for an inquiry into allegations that Easyjet barred disabled passengers from flying unaccompanied.
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TogoFrench officials lambast a senior army officer who was filmed on YouTube ordering a Togolese journalist to delete images of a protest.
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Germany, United KingdomFrance and Germany join the UK in rejecting direct EU taxation - but Austria and Belgium are more receptive.
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United KingdomInternational Power agrees a tie-up with French utility GDF Suez, bringing to an end months of negotiations between the two.
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France begins taking down illegal Roma camps in line with a presidential order, with police dismantling a camp in Saint-Etienne.
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France's immigrant kitchen workers fight for their resident permits
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PakistanPakistan's government summons Britain's envoy in Islamabad following recent critical remarks by UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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PakistanPakistan's government summons Britain's envoy in Islamabad following recent critical remarks by UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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French bank BNP Paribas sees its second-quarter profit grow, thanks to gains in its retail banking division.
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French bank BNP Paribas sees its second-quarter profit grow, thanks to gains in its retail banking division.
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Why French schools get poor marks for sparkle and fun
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Why French schools get poor marks for sparkle and fun
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A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.
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A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says.
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Why nobody suspected French mother over baby deaths
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President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy says he would like to strip French nationality from anyone of foreign origin who threatened the life of a police officer.
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United StatesTwo employees at the US embassy in France are taken for medical check-ups after a suspect package is identified at the building's post room.
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United StatesTwo employees at the US embassy in France are taken for medical check-ups after a suspect package is identified at the building's post room.
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Hong Kong, United KingdomA consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).
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Hong Kong, United KingdomA consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK networks of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).
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Young French people having difficulty finding affordable housing are being given the chance to help older members of society and put a roof over their own heads.
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Young French people having difficulty finding affordable housing are being given the chance to help older members of society and put a roof over their own heads.
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Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.
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Prosecutors say a Frenchwoman has admitted killing eight newborn babies after remains are found in a northern village but says her husband knew nothing.
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France's Labour Minister Eric Woerth tells police investigating the finances of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt he has done nothing wrong.
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Police questioned France's Labour Minister Eric Woerth in their probe into the finances of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy orders illegal Roma gypsy camps to be dismantled and illegal migrants to be deported.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy orders illegal Roma gypsy camps to be dismantled and illegal migrants to be deported.
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France is to introduce laws aimed at controlling Roma gypsy commuinities and expel those living in the country illegally.
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France is to introduce laws aimed at controlling Roma gypsy commuinities and expel those living in the country illegally.
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A French couple will appear in court on Thursday after police found the bodies of eight newborn babies in a village in northern France.
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