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

EU 'unfair to UK fishing crews'

Tuesday, April 17th 2007, 1:22
related countries: United Kingdom

Europe fails to punish France for overfishing tuna but penalises Britain for catching mackerel, UK officials say.
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French captives 'appear on video'

Saturday, April 14th 2007, 8:08
related countries: Afghanistan

Video footage appears of two French aid workers kidnapped in Afghanistan apparently pleading for their lives.
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French alarmed by Algeria bombs

Friday, April 13th 2007, 14:16
related countries: Algeria

French presidential candidates warn of the terrorist danger after deadly bomb blasts in Algeria.
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Sarkozy denies shielding Chirac

Thursday, April 12th 2007, 10:02
related places: Chirac

The French presidential frontrunner denies a deal to protect President Chirac from a corruption probe.
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Second Life ploy for Paris garden

Wednesday, April 11th 2007, 12:18
related places: Paris

Parisians use the virtual world of Second Life to put pressure on the town hall over a redevelopment project.
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Sarkozy in row about paedophiles

Wednesday, April 11th 2007, 9:56

The frontrunner in the French presidential vote is attacked by rivals on the origin of paedophilia.
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Canada war memorial unveiled

Monday, April 9th 2007, 16:41

Queen Elizabeth II pays tribute to Canadians killed in World War I as she unveils a restored monument in France.
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Poll campaigning begins in France

Monday, April 9th 2007, 9:40

Official campaigning in the French presidential election is under way ahead of first round polling on 22 April.
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Divers search for Greek ship pair

Saturday, April 7th 2007, 17:14
related countries: Greece

Greek navy divers continue searching for two French tourists missing since a cruise ship hit rocks and sank.
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Lost men ate jungle spiders

Friday, April 6th 2007, 17:05
related countries: French Guiana

Two French hikers who got lost in the French Guiana jungle ate spiders and turtles to survive.
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French charge 42 in Angola case

Friday, April 6th 2007, 11:34
related countries: Angola

Ex-French President Francois Mitterrand's son and 41 others face trial in a huge arms-to-Angola case.
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Saudis kill murders suspect

Friday, April 6th 2007, 11:12
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Saudi police kill a suspect in the murders of four French citizens in February, the Saudi news agency reports.
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Two missing at Greek cruise site

Friday, April 6th 2007, 8:40
related countries: Greece

Two French tourists are missing after 1,600 people left a stricken cruise ship off the Greek island of Santorini.
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71 injured in Paris train shunt

Thursday, April 5th 2007, 10:14
related places: Paris

Seventy-one people on a commuter train are injured after a train hits the buffers at a Paris railway station.
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Taleban seize French pair

Wednesday, April 4th 2007, 18:40
related countries: Afghanistan

A Taleban spokesman says militants have kidnapped two French aid workers in south-western Afghanistan.
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Sarkozy refuses internet debate

Wednesday, April 4th 2007, 11:11

A top candidate in France's presidential poll suggests an internet debate, but Nicolas Sarkozy says No.
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French set new rail speed record

Tuesday, April 3rd 2007, 13:37

A French TGV train smashes the world record for a train on rails, reaching 574.8km/h (356mph).
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French unions call Airbus strike

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 22:37

Unions at Airbus plants in France call for strike action in protest at the planemaker's job cut plans.
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Rugby: English clubs back boycott

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 19:08

Premier Rugby says English clubs will not take part in European competition next season if France's clubs carry out their boycott threat.
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Sarkozy in clash over immigration

Monday, April 2nd 2007, 12:38

Presidential election frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy says France is "exasperated by uncontrolled immigration".
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Marseille port workers end strike

Saturday, March 31st 2007, 14:18
related places: Marseille

Workers at the port of Marseille end a strike that had threatened to cut off fuel supplies to much of France.
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Talks held on Marseille port row

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 13:00
related places: Marseille

Fuel supplies in France are under threat if a strike at the port of Marseille is not resolved quickly.
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Paris riot becomes election issue

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 16:11
related places: Paris

The leading candidates in the French presidential election make an issue of rioting at a major Paris train station.
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Dozens riot in Paris rail station

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 11:51
related places: Paris

Police in the French capital arrest up to 13 people after dozens of youths riot in a major train station.
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French railways win WWII appeal

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 12:14

A French court rules state railways do not have to compensate the family of WWII Jewish deportees.
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Heavy loss for Quebec separatists

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 4:24

Quebec's nationalists suffer a heavy defeat in polls, as prospects of an independence vote recede.
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Two foreigners die in Yemen clash

Monday, March 26th 2007, 12:24
related countries: Yemen

Two foreign students including a French Muslim are killed in an attack by Shia rebels in northern Yemen.
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Sarkozy quits ahead of election

Monday, March 26th 2007, 9:14

Conservative presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy resigns as French interior minister to focus on his bid.
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French cartoons editor acquitted

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 14:33

A magazine editor accused of insulting Muslims by reprinting cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad is cleared.
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Ruling in French cartoon case

Thursday, March 22nd 2007, 5:58

A French court is to give its verdict in the case of a magazine accused of insulting Muslims by reprinting cartoons.
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Total boss quizzed in Iran probe

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 15:00
related countries: Iran

The boss of French oil giant Total is questioned by police as part of a probe into alleged corruption in Iran.
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Chirac backs Sarkozy in poll race

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 11:58

Outgoing French President Jacques Chirac backs the centre-right's Nicolas Sarkozy in April's election.
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French election hopefuls named

Monday, March 19th 2007, 18:20

Farmer Jose Bove is among 12 candidates confirmed to run in the French presidential election.
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Al Fayed in new Diana legal fight

Monday, March 19th 2007, 4:45

Mohammed Al Fayed is taking legal action against a former police chief over the French inquiry into Diana's death.
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Older TB vaccines 'work better'

Sunday, March 18th 2007, 1:04

Older versions of the BCG vaccine may be better at preventing tuberculosis than more modern vaccines, say French scientists.
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Rugby: France win Six Nations

Saturday, March 17th 2007, 18:39
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

France claim the Six Nations title on points difference from Ireland as Wales beat England to avoid the Wooden Spoon.
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Eleven in French presidency race

Friday, March 16th 2007, 17:25

At least 11 candidates are set to run in the French presidential election, after meeting the deadline.
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Euthanasia doctor avoids prison

Friday, March 16th 2007, 9:41

A French doctor gets a one-year suspended jail term for poisoning a terminally ill cancer patient.
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French hostage 'freed' in Nigeria

Friday, March 16th 2007, 7:43
related countries: Niger, Nigeria

A French oil worker held hostage in the Niger Delta region since February has been freed, officials say.
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French hostage 'freed' in Nigeria

Friday, March 16th 2007, 7:01
related countries: Niger, Nigeria

A French oil worker held hostage in the Niger Delta region since February has been freed, officials say.
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France opens fastest railway link

Thursday, March 15th 2007, 17:47

France inaugurates its fastest rail link to date where trains will travel at 320km/h (200mph).
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Corruption judge 'to quiz Chirac'

Thursday, March 15th 2007, 16:27

The French president is reportedly to be questioned by a judge probing a corruption case once he leaves office.
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'Australia terror plotter' jailed

Thursday, March 15th 2007, 14:23
related countries: Australia

A French man suspected of plotting terror attacks in Australia is found guilty of links to terrorist groups.
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French Resistance hero dies at 94

Thursday, March 15th 2007, 0:43
related places: Paris

The French Resistance hero, Lucie Aubrac, has died in Paris at the age of 94, her family says.
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French gay marriage setback

Wednesday, March 14th 2007, 12:36

A French mayor vows to continue fighting to legalise gay marriage despite a court ruling against it.
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