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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• February 27th 2006 – February 6th 2006
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France: news

Tennis: Monfils bests Murray

Tuesday, May 30th 2006, 14:09

A back injury hampers Andy Murray as he loses to Gael Monfils on his French Open debut.
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French 'poison pen' man quizzed

Tuesday, May 30th 2006, 11:06

French police question a businessman at the centre of an alleged smear campaign targeting politicians.
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Tennis: Rusedski loes to Chilean

Monday, May 29th 2006, 15:28
related countries: Chile

Britain's Greg Rusedski saves four match points before losing to Chile's Paul Capdeville in the French Open first round.
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Michelin director dies boating

Friday, May 26th 2006, 21:37

Edouard Michelin, a joint managing director of the French tyre-maker Michelin, dies in a boating accident.
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Football: Arrests in Vieira case

Thursday, May 25th 2006, 8:50

Police arrest five people suspected of being involved in a burglary at the French home of Patrick Vieira.
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French spy chief defies inquiry

Monday, May 22nd 2006, 10:30

A French intelligence officer refuses to give evidence in the Clearstream corruption inquiry.
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Paris and Rabat in security pact

Sunday, May 21st 2006, 0:09
related countries: Morocco
related places: Rabat

France and Morocco agree to co-operate to combat terrorism, drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
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France-Africa ties 'must change'

Friday, May 19th 2006, 22:09
related countries: Benin

France and Africa must remould their relationship and change their ways, French minister Nicolas Sarkozy says.
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France shelves 'genocide' vote

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 14:37
related countries: Armenia

French MPs postpone a debate on a bill to criminalise denials of the Armenian "genocide" of 1915.
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Sarkozy Mali trip sparks protests

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 5:57
related countries: Mali

A group of Malians deported from France protests at the visit of hardline Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
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MPs back French immigration bill

Thursday, May 18th 2006, 1:12

French MPs strongly support a controversial immigration bill making settlement harder for unskilled workers.
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Football: Barcelona v Arsenal

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 17:49
related places: Paris

All the build-up to the Champions League final between Barcelona and Arsenal.
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French 'toxic' ship returns home

Wednesday, May 17th 2006, 11:50
related countries: India

An asbestos-lined French warship goes home after years of trying to find a scrapyard ready to take it.
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French PM survives censure motion

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 18:35

The embattled French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin survives a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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Sarkozy denies resignation rumour

Saturday, May 13th 2006, 15:00

French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy scotches rumours that he will resign from the government.
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Football: Gallas to leave Chelsea

Friday, May 12th 2006, 11:23

William Gallas is told he cannot leave Chelsea - after the French defender demands a move.
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Ryanair wants Air France probe

Thursday, May 11th 2006, 19:14
related countries: Belgium
related places: Brussels

Ryanair complains to Brussels that Air France KLM is getting illegal state aid from the French government.
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France recalls slavery victims

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 19:31

A French envoy says her country did profit from slavery as it commemorates the victims for the first time.
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Sarkozy vows to expose 'plotters'

Tuesday, May 9th 2006, 21:42

France's interior minister attacks those he believes are behind a smears campaign to damage his political career.
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Euro survey blasts British yobs

Monday, May 8th 2006, 23:02
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK and France are thought to have the worst anti-social behaviour problems in Europe, a survey says.
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France's alphabet soup

Saturday, May 6th 2006, 11:01

Hugh Schofield gets in a muddle as he considers France's love affair with acronyms.
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Row hits another French minister

Friday, May 5th 2006, 11:36

The French defence minister steps into a row about alleged political dirty tricks sparked by a corruption probe.
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French PM hits back over scandal

Thursday, May 4th 2006, 10:02

French PM Dominique de Villepin denies targeting his rival Nicolas Sarkozy in a corruption inquiry.
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France speculates on PM's future

Sunday, April 30th 2006, 8:13

Speculation grows in France that Dominique De Villepin could be forced to resign over his implication in a legal case.
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Chirac calls for Palestinian aid

Friday, April 28th 2006, 12:01

French President Jacques Chirac says aid to Palestinians must continue, amid warnings of iminent disaster.
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French look to technology boost

Tuesday, April 25th 2006, 14:26

French President Jacques Chirac launches a series of hi-tech projects designed to enhance France's prestige.
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Ex-Guantanamo French 'face trial'

Monday, April 24th 2006, 16:59
related countries: United States
related places: Paris

Six French ex-inmates of the US jail in Guantanamo Bay face terror charges in Paris, media reports say.
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Rugby: Biarritz cruise ahead

Saturday, April 22nd 2006, 15:44
related places: Biarritz

Bath's dreams of a second Heineken Cup triumph are ended by French champions Biarritz.
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Fourteen dead in French Guiana

Friday, April 21st 2006, 16:12
related countries: French Guiana

Twelve children are among 14 people found dead in a remote French Guiana village.
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Nigeria to pay off foreign debts

Friday, April 21st 2006, 15:33
related countries: Nigeria

Nigeria is to repay $6.4bn in debt, becoming the first African nation to settle with its official lenders.
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Algeria leader in French hospital

Thursday, April 20th 2006, 10:52
related countries: Algeria

Algeria's President Bouteflika has gone back to France for a medical check-up after surgery late last year.
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Terror raids in France and Italy

Wednesday, April 19th 2006, 10:33
related countries: Italy

French and Italian police are reported to have arrested 11 people in a joint anti-terrorism operation.
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French MP hunger strike wins deal

Friday, April 14th 2006, 11:39

A French MP Jean Lassalle end a 39-day hunger strike over a possible factory closure after a deal is reached.
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Aircraft bomb scare was a 'hoax'

Wednesday, April 12th 2006, 21:34
related countries: Ireland, United Kingdom
related places: Dublin, Paris

A security incident on a Paris to Dublin flight forces the closure of Scotland's Prestwick Airport.
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French MPs back revised jobs law

Wednesday, April 12th 2006, 16:18

France's lower house of parliament passes a youth employment law, amended after national protests.
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French students keep up protests

Tuesday, April 11th 2006, 15:31

French students stage smaller-scale protests against the government's youth employment reforms.
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France to replace youth job law

Monday, April 10th 2006, 16:05

French President Jacques Chirac says the new youth job contract that sparked weeks of protests will be replaced.
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French man jailed in torture case

Saturday, April 8th 2006, 15:32

A man is jailed for 25 years for burning a teenage girl to death with petrol in a crime which shocked France.
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France's problem with capitalism

Saturday, April 8th 2006, 10:52

Caroline Wyatt outlines France's reluctance to move away from its socialist traditions.
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Driver injures French protesters

Friday, April 7th 2006, 13:44
related places: Paris

A motorist drives into a crowd of student protesters in Paris, lightly injuring at least seven of them.
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Pasqua probed in Iraq oil scandal

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 17:00
related countries: Iraq

Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua is put under investigation over the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.
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French PM defends youth job law

Thursday, April 6th 2006, 12:25

Embattled PM Dominique de Villepin says he will fight on to solve youth unemployment despite student protests.
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Woman jailed for Paris 'slavery'

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 16:40
related countries: Togo
related places: Paris

A French court finds an African woman guilty of sexual violence and torture against two young Togolese girls.
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French unions give law deadline

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 14:54

French unions threaten more protests unless the government repeals a youth labour law by mid-April.
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Three die in Marseille bar attack

Wednesday, April 5th 2006, 13:50
related places: Marseille

Three people are killed in France after a gang of gunmen burst into a bar, spraying the room with bullets.
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