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

In pictures

Tuesday, September 22nd 2009, 9:54

Scuffles as French 'jungle' immigrant camp closes
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French ex-PM on trial over smears

Monday, September 21st 2009, 16:07

Former French PM Dominique de Villepin, charged with plotting to discredit President Nicolas Sarkozy, goes on trial in Paris.
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Former French president pens romantic novel of 'Diana' liaison

Monday, September 21st 2009, 15:54
related places: Estaing

Former French leader Valery Giscard d'Estaing may raise eyebrows with his new novel, a fictional account of a president's liaison with an English princess.
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Renault handed suspended F1 ban

Monday, September 21st 2009, 14:31
related places: Paris

Renault are given a two-year suspended ban from Formula 1 after a hearing into their role in fixing last year's Singapore Grand Prix.
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In 'the jungle'

Monday, September 21st 2009, 14:18

Life in French asylum camp in audio and pictures
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French farmers start milk talks

Saturday, September 19th 2009, 21:28

The French government holds emergency talks with farmers to avert further protests over falling dairy prices.
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Sarkozy to press for 'Tobin Tax'

Saturday, September 19th 2009, 17:17

The French president will urge fellow G20 leaders to introduce a tax to reduce risky behaviour by banks, the BBC learns.
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Somali demands for French hostage

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 8:43
related countries: Somalia

Somali Islamists issue a set of demands for the release of a French security adviser seized in July.
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France to close migrant 'jungle'

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 20:11
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Calais

France announces it will soon close the camp in Calais known as "the jungle", where migrants gather to try to reach the UK.
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French 'pass' piracy legislation

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 16:53

A hard-line piracy law moves closer to adoption in France as National Assembly narrowly votes in favour.
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French firm plans suicide hotline

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 15:56

France Telecom is to set up a hotline for workers suffering from stress after a number of recent suicides among employees.
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Parents 'dumped body in concrete'

Sunday, September 13th 2009, 18:38

The parents of a French eight-year-old girl whose body was found in concrete are held on suspicion on manslaughter.
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Photographer Ronis dies aged 99

Sunday, September 13th 2009, 11:36
related places: Paris

Photographer Willy Ronis, best known for capturing the essence of Paris in black and white scenes of everyday life, dies aged 99.
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French unease at telecom suicides

Saturday, September 12th 2009, 16:54

France's labour minister is to meet the head of France Telecom to discuss a number of suicides among its staff.
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French minister denies race slur

Friday, September 11th 2009, 8:56

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux denies claims he made a racist remark when he met a political activist of Arab origin.
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France set to impose carbon tax

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 12:00

France's President Sarkozy announces plans for a new carbon tax aimed at combating global warming.
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French general gets Nato command

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 9:02
related countries: United States

A French air force general becomes the first non-American to assume a supreme command post in Nato.
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Man City dismiss 'poaching' claim

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 10:43
related places: Rennes

Manchester City deny claims from Rennes that they unlawfully signed one of the French club's players.
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Tall order - Sarkozy faces accusations of height manipulation

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 10:28

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's office denies allegations that he stage manages events in order to appear taller.
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Sarkozy endorses Gabon winner

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 8:56
related countries: Gabon

French leader Nicolas Sarkozy congratulates Ali Ben Bongo after his victory in Gabon's election, marred by post-poll violence.
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Gabon French oil staff evacuated

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 16:44
related countries: Gabon

French oil firm Total evacuates its expatriate staff from Gabon's second city as violence targeting French interests continues.
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Roddick powers to late-night win

Friday, September 4th 2009, 4:21
related countries: United States

Fifth seed Andy Roddick sweeps past France's Marc Gicquel in the night session to reach the third round of the US Open.
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Gabon locks down city amid riots

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 22:39
related countries: Gabon
related places: Port Gentil

A night-time curfew is declared in Port Gentil, Gabon, after violence by opposition activists and attacks on French interests.
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Cameroon defends Biya hotel bills

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 17:42
related countries: Cameroon

Cameroon's government defends President Paul Biya's lavish holiday in France, reportedly costing $40,000 a day.
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Film-maker killed in El Salvador

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 6:51
related countries: El Salvador, Spain

A French-Spanish film-maker who made a documentary about gang life in El Salvador has been shot dead, officials there say.
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"Spiderman" scales one of Malaysia's Twin Towers at third go

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 8:38
related countries: Malaysia

French climber Alain Robert, known as Spiderman, climbs one of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia.
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Apple denies 'exploding' iPhones

Friday, August 28th 2009, 13:45

iPhones that reportedly "exploded" in France were not due to overheating batteries as had been suggested, Apple says.
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Somalia hostage tells of escape

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 15:26
related countries: Somalia

A French security adviser seized by Islamist militants in Somalia tells the BBC how he escaped while his captors slept.
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Frenchman 'flees Somali captors'

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 12:21
related countries: Somalia

Officials say a Frenchman seized by Somali rebels has escaped, but reports that a second hostage is also free are denied.
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France uncovers 'Eta weapons'

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 9:59

An arms cache is is seized by French police in what officials describe as a "major blow" for the Basque separatist group's operations.
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French banks back bonus reforms

Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 16:47

French banks agree with President Sarkozy to bring in a new system of performance-related pay.
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Athens locals flee as fires rage

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 19:43
related countries: Greece
related places: Athens

Several thousand residents of Athens' northern suburbs flee their homes as wildfires continue to blaze around the Greek capital.
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French tourist freed in Pakistan

Friday, August 21st 2009, 17:11
related countries: Pakistan

A French tourist abducted in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan province three months ago is freed.
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Air France 'black box' hunt ends

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 14:59
related countries: Atlantic Ocean

French investigators abandon the search for the 'black boxes' from the Air France passenger jet which crashed in the Atlantic Ocean.
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France worried by hornet invasion

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 15:56
related countries: China

France is gripped by an invasion of Chinese hornets which could hasten a mysterious decline in honeybee numbers.
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France holds three 'Eta suspects'

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 10:00

French police arrest three suspected Basque separatist militants in an Alpine ski resort, officials say.
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Iran frees French teacher on bail

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 20:45
related countries: Iran

Iran frees on bail a French teaching assistant who is charged with spying, President Sarkozy's office says.
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French minister urges burka ban

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 17:00

A ban on the burka in France would help stem the spread of the "cancer" of radical Islam, a female Muslim minister says.
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Clijsters wins as Williams tumble

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 22:08

Kim Clijsters' comeback continues with victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova, while the Williams sisters are beaten in Cincinnati.
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France and Germany exit recession

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 15:51
related countries: Germany

The French and German economies unexpectedly grew by 0.3% in the second quarter of 2009, ending their recessions.
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Corsican boy 'kills four at home'

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 14:02

A youth on the French island of Corsica admits killing his parents and twin brothers in their beds with a rifle, officials say.
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French pool bans 'burkini' swim

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 16:06

French officials ban a Muslim woman from swimming in a public pool while wearing a swimsuit that covers her entire body.
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Children killed 'over mafia fear'

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 14:45

A mother confesses to drowning her two children in a bathtub to 'protect them from mafia threats', French prosecutors say.
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Cleaner Seine brings wild salmon back to French capital

Wednesday, August 12th 2009, 9:37

Wild salmon are returning to the River Seine for the first time in almost a century, French scientists say.
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Mona Lisa still smiling after mug-throwing attack

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 23:53
related places: Paris

The Mona Lisa has come under attack from a woman who hurled a cup at the portrait in Paris.
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Paris suburb youths fight police

Tuesday, August 11th 2009, 9:03

Angry youths clash with riot police on the edge of the French capital after a young motorcyclist died as he fled police on Sunday.
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Niger 'must return to democracy'

Monday, August 10th 2009, 15:29
related countries: Niger

France says Niger must return to a democratic framework, after the president won the right to stand for a third term.
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EU hits out at Tehran over trial

Saturday, August 8th 2009, 21:51
related countries: Iran, United Kingdom
related places: Eu, Tehran

The EU strongly criticises Iran, as it tries UK and French embassy staff and a French national over post-election unrest.
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Mauritania bomber targets embassy

Saturday, August 8th 2009, 21:24
related countries: Mauritania

A suicide bomber detonates explosives outside the French embassy in the capital of Mauritania, wounding two guards.
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France targets bankers' bonuses

Friday, August 7th 2009, 11:51

France's President Sarkozy tells banks to disclose their bonus policies, saying rules agreed by the G20 must be applied.
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Clash shuts US factory in France

Thursday, August 6th 2009, 11:37
related countries: United States

A US firm shuts a car parts factory in France on grounds of "security" after angry workers allegedly assault a manager.
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War baby granted German identity

Thursday, August 6th 2009, 10:59
related countries: Germany

Daniel Rouxel becomes the first child born of an illicit relationship in occupied France to be granted German citizenship.
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Fire breaks out on plane in Paris

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 17:07
related places: Orly, Paris

Eight people are slightly injured during the evacuation of a plane that caught fire on its way to take off from Orly airport in Paris.
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Labour unrest grips New Caledonia

Wednesday, August 5th 2009, 14:33
related countries: New Caledonia

Armed union activists wound two police officers in clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia.
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Spanish rider denies taking EPO

Tuesday, August 4th 2009, 13:57
related countries: Spain

Tour de France stage 16 winner Mikel Astarloza vehemently denies doping following a positive test for blood-booster EPO.
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Man Utd deny 'stealing' youngster

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 22:46
related places: Le Havre

Manchester United dismiss as "complete nonsense" allegations from Le Havre they have 'stolen' the French club's teenage midfielder Paul Pogba.
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Western troops die in Afghanistan

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 15:45
related countries: Afghanistan, United States

Four soldiers - three American and one French - are killed in gun and bomb attacks in Afghanistan, military officials say.
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Breast practice?

Saturday, August 1st 2009, 6:47

Why going topless is out of favour on French beaches
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Confusion over cruise flu claims

Friday, July 31st 2009, 21:44

There are conflicting reports over whether dozens of people on a cruise liner which docked in the south of France are suffering from swine flu.
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Right to rap

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 10:35

French artist caught in political storm over censorship
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Woes continue for world carmakers

Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 9:11

Carmakers Peugeot Citroen and Nissan both report substantial losses in the face of continuing sales falls.
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Armstrong hits back at Contador

Tuesday, July 28th 2009, 10:37

Lance Armstrong says his Astana team-mate Alberto Contador has "lots to learn" as the pair engage in a bitter war of words.
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French president leaves hospital

Monday, July 27th 2009, 10:58

France's President Sarkozy leaves a Paris hospital, having spent the night under observation after collapsing while jogging.
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French president taken to hospital

Sunday, July 26th 2009, 19:37

France's President Sarkozy is "doing well" in hospital after suffering a minor nerve attack while jogging, an aide says.
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Contador seals 2009 Tour victory

Sunday, July 26th 2009, 15:44
related places: Paris

Alberto Contador seals his second Tour de France victory while Mark Cavendish takes his sixth stage win with a stunning sprint finish in Paris.
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Live text - Tour de France

Sunday, July 26th 2009, 10:24

Mark Cavendish looks to clinch his sixth stage win of this year's Tour in the final stage on the Champs Elysees, where Alberto Contador will be crowned winner.
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Pilot recreates Channel crossing

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 17:38

A French pilot follows in the footsteps of Louis Bleriot, who made the first flight over the English Channel 100 years ago.
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Brave Wiggins holds on to fourth

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 15:02

Briton Bradley Wiggins delivers a heroic ride on Mont Ventoux to cling on to fourth place in the Tour de France as Alberto Contador all but seals overall victory.
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Live text - Tour de France

Saturday, July 25th 2009, 9:42

Bradley Wiggins stays in fourth place overall after stage 20, which ended at the top of the legendary Mont Ventoux.
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Live text - Tour de France

Friday, July 24th 2009, 10:44
related places: Aubenas

Mark Cavendish clinches his fifth stage win of this year's Tour in stage 19, a 178km trek from Bourgoin Jallieu to Aubenas.
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