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 killed in Saudi shooting

Tuesday, February 27th 2007, 0:20
related countries: Saudi Arabia

At least three French nationals are shot dead in Saudi Arabia in what police regard as a terrorist attack.
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Cycling: Ex-champion Ullrich quits

Monday, February 26th 2007, 10:49

Former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich announces his retirement from cycling.
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Le Pen presents election plans

Sunday, February 25th 2007, 18:01
related places: Lille

France's Jean-Marie Le Pen unveils his presidential platform of halting immigration and integration with the EU.
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Rugby: France 32-21 Wales

Saturday, February 24th 2007, 20:32
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Paris

France keep up their Grand Slam bid with victory over Wales in the Six Nations in Paris on Saturday night.
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Royal seeks to revive French bid

Tuesday, February 20th 2007, 13:02

France's Socialist candidate Segolene Royal tries to revive her presidential bid in a televised appearance.
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Nosebleed triggers embassy alert

Monday, February 19th 2007, 12:02
related countries: Canada
related places: Paris

An alert at a Paris embassy, after an employee suffered a nosebleed on opening a suspicious package, is over.
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France's Royal to rejig campaign

Monday, February 19th 2007, 10:49

France's Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal is shaking up her campaign team to boost her ratings.
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French wartime collaborator dead

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 22:00

Convicted French Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon dies, aged 96, days after undergoing heart surgery,
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Eastwood receives French honour

Saturday, February 17th 2007, 13:55
related countries: United States
related places: Legion

US director Clint Eastwood is awarded France's highest civilian distinction, the Legion d'honneur.
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Refugee ruling on Rwandan widow

Thursday, February 15th 2007, 10:07
related countries: Rwanda

The widow of ex-Rwandan President Habyarimana is to hear if she can claim asylum in France in an appeal ruling.
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French police in 'terror' swoop

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 10:33

Eleven terror suspects believed to be involved in insurgent recruitment are arrested in France.
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Oil spill trial opens in France

Monday, February 12th 2007, 15:56

France begins a trial over the 1999 Erika oil spill - one of the country's worst environmental disasters.
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Rugby: France stun Ireland

Sunday, February 11th 2007, 18:41
related countries: Ireland

A late try gives France a 20-17 victory over Ireland in Sunday's historic RBS Six Nations match at Croke Park.
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France's Royal unveils manifesto

Sunday, February 11th 2007, 15:43
related places: Paris

France's Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal unveils a 100-point manifesto, stressing social programmes.
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Tennis: Mauresmo marches on

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 19:07

Defending champion Amelie Maursemo reaches the last eight at the Paris Open.
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French police probed in riot case

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 16:56

Two French police officers are under formal investigation over two deaths which prompted rioting in 2005.
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Cycling: Landis decision delayed

Thursday, February 8th 2007, 9:54

Tour de France winner Floyd Landis will not defend his title in July, the French anti-doping agency confirms.
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Tennis: Henin through after jitters

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 23:14
related countries: Belgium

Belgium's Justine Henin comes from a set down to beat Emilie Loit in the second round of the Paris Open.
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Sarkozy backs Prophet cartoons

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 16:30

French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy backs a weekly sued for printing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Editor defends Prophet cartoons

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 15:00

A French magazine editor being sued by Muslim groups defends a decision to print cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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EU envoy shot dead in Ivory Coast

Wednesday, February 7th 2007, 9:59

A French security adviser working for the European Union in Ivory Coast is found shot dead at his home.
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Tennis: Henin prepares for Paris

Monday, February 5th 2007, 18:20
related places: Paris

Justine Henin says she is looking to get her tennis back on track after splitting from her husband.
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Child soldiers 'are a time bomb'

Monday, February 5th 2007, 17:05
related places: Paris

The continued use of child soldiers in conflicts is fuelling future wars, says France's foreign minister.
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'PKK members' held in Paris raids

Monday, February 5th 2007, 14:17
related countries: Turkey
related places: Paris

French police arrest 13 Turkish Kurds on suspicion of helping to finance guerrillas of the PKK.
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Rugby: France thrash Italy

Saturday, February 3rd 2007, 15:22
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

France open the defence of their Six Nations title with a five-try win over a disappointing Italy at the Stadio Flaminio.
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Jobs fears trigger Airbus protest

Friday, February 2nd 2007, 16:34
related countries: Germany

German and French employees of Airbus demonstrate amid fears of cutbacks at the planemaker.
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Baby-smugglers jailed in France

Friday, February 2nd 2007, 16:27
related countries: Bulgaria

Dozens of people are sentenced for their role in a network that smuggled Bulgarian babies to Roma families in France.
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France 'dims' for climate protest

Thursday, February 1st 2007, 21:58

Lights across France dim for five minutes as part of a campaign designed to raise awareness of climate change.
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Chirac retracts Iran remarks

Thursday, February 1st 2007, 15:49
related countries: Iran

French President Jacques Chirac plays down the threat from a nuclear-armed Iran, but later reconsiders.
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French farmer aims for presidency

Thursday, February 1st 2007, 13:05

Militant French farmer Jose Bove says he will stand in the presidential race if he can muster enough support.
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France's smoking ban takes effect

Thursday, February 1st 2007, 9:58

France becomes the latest European country to introduce a ban on smoking in workplaces.
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Mali relics recovered in France

Tuesday, January 30th 2007, 17:28

French customs officials seize more than 650 smuggled artefacts, some up to one million years old.
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Melting of glaciers 'speeds up'

Monday, January 29th 2007, 17:57
related places: Paris

As scientists meet for crucial climate talks in Paris, data shows glaciers are shrinking ever faster, scientists say.
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Party expels 'racist' Socialist

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 21:17

A senior French Socialist is expelled after saying there were too many black players in the national team.
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French honour for Bollywood star

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 19:55

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan is awarded France's highest civilian honour, the Legion d'Honneur.
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Royal renews 'dirty tricks' plea

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 15:48

Segolene Royal demands French presidential rival Nicolas Sarkozy be sacked for "dirty tricks".
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France honours Abbe Pierre

Friday, January 26th 2007, 14:23

French leaders pay their respects at the funeral at Notre Dame Cathedral for homeless campaigner Abbe Pierre.
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Donors in aid boost for Lebanon

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 21:03
related countries: Lebanon, United States
related places: Paris

Foreign donors pledge $7.6bn to help rebuild Lebanon, as clashes in Beirut leave two people dead, reports say.
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French plane ploughs into lorry

Thursday, January 25th 2007, 17:14
related places: Pau

A French plane carrying more than 50 people crashes into a lorry at Pau airport, killing the driver.
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Quebec 'gaffe' causes Royal grief

Tuesday, January 23rd 2007, 13:27
related countries: Canada
related places: Quebec

Canada rebukes French Socialist candidate Segolene Royal after she commented on Quebec freedom.
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Campaigning French priest dies

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 10:33

Abbe Pierre, France's Roman Catholic champion of the destitute, dies at the age of 94.
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Paris baby-smuggling case starts

Monday, January 22nd 2007, 9:59
related countries: Bulgaria
related places: Paris

Fifty-six people stand trial in Paris accused of being part of a Bulgarian baby-trafficking network.
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French far-right leader to appeal

Friday, January 19th 2007, 10:11

A French far-right leader is to appeal against his suspended jail term and fine for questioning the Holocaust.
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Royal suspends spokesman

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 15:10

French presidential hopeful Segolene Royal suspends her spokesman after comments he made about her partner.
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French bill to fight homelessness

Wednesday, January 17th 2007, 17:54

The French cabinet adopts a bill to create a legal right to housing, after protests made the president pledge action.
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