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

Murray set for Sunday Paris start

Saturday, May 23rd 2009, 13:53
related countries: Argentina

World number three Andy Murray faces Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela in the French Open first round on Sunday.
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Murray lands tricky French opener

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 11:58
related countries: Argentina, United Kingdom

British number one Andy Murray faces a potentially tricky opening to his French Open campaign after being drawn against Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela.
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Ferrari fail in budget-cap appeal

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 17:01
related countries: Italy

A French court dismisses Ferrari's appeal against the FIA, which wants to introduce an optional £40m budget cap from 2010.
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One-way ticket

Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 7:14
related countries: Mali

Mali resists French plans to speed up migrant expulsions
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Pakistan in 'French nuclear deal'

Friday, May 15th 2009, 19:24
related countries: Pakistan

French and Pakistani leaders have talks about nuclear co-operation, but there is confusion over what was agreed.
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US sets free test case detainee

Friday, May 15th 2009, 16:59
related countries: Algeria, United States

Algerian detainee Lakhdar Boumediene has left the US-run Guantanamo Bay prison camp for France, officials say.
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Lift-off for European telescopes

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 13:12
related countries: French Guiana
related places: Kourou

An Ariane 5 rocket carrying Europe's Herschel and Planck space telescopes launches from Kourou in French Guiana.
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Telescopes ready for rocket ride

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 11:23
related countries: French Guiana
related places: Kourou

Europe prepares to launch the 1.9bn-euro Herschel and Planck observatories from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
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Eviction order

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 23:57
related countries: Cambodia

Extension of French school in Cambodia forces locals out
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French net piracy bill signed off

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 11:37

France passes a law to combat copyright piracy by disconnecting people who illegally download films and music.
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Italy arrests 'al-Qaeda plotters'

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 8:17
related countries: Italy

Two French nationals detained in Italy for immigration offences are suspected of being key al-Qaeda figures, Italian police say.
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Facebook campaign finds 'distraught' Nepal skier

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 6:35
related countries: Nepal
related places: Paris

A Nepali ski racer, apparently distraught after the loss of funding, is found safe in Paris after a Facebook campaign.
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Outrage grows over Tamil deaths

Monday, May 11th 2009, 22:18
related countries: Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

Outrage is expressed at the UN in New York over the reported heavy loss of life among civilians in Sri Lanka's Tamil war zone.
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French and Italian output drops

Monday, May 11th 2009, 9:53
related countries: Italy

France and Italy both see sharp falls in industrial output in March, which are much larger than forecast.
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Neighbourly help in high Pyrenees

Saturday, May 9th 2009, 11:21

Kathy Flower discovers the secret to surviving the global economic downturn in the French Pyrenees.
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Euro MPs bar Le Pen from top role

Thursday, May 7th 2009, 7:19

MEPs change parliamentary rules so as to prevent the French far-right leader, Jean-Marie Le Pen, from chairing the assembly.
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Escaped cult leader re-captured

Wednesday, May 6th 2009, 21:20
related countries: India, Reunion

A convicted sex offender and cult leader who escaped from prison by helicopter is captured on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
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Jarvis Cocker to play 'gigs' at Paris yoga classes

Wednesday, May 6th 2009, 10:53
related places: Paris

Jarvis Cocker is playing a series of unusual gigs during a week-long residency at an art gallery in Paris.
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French probe into African leaders

Wednesday, May 6th 2009, 7:17

A French magistrate opens a preliminary investigation into alleged embezzlement by three African leaders.
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Feminist icon French dies at 79

Tuesday, May 5th 2009, 20:04

Marilyn French, author of The Women's Room and seen as one of the great feminist writers, dies of heart failure at 79 in New York.
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Bid to bar Cameroon comic

Tuesday, May 5th 2009, 9:46

France tries to ban a half-Cameroonian comic from taking part in European polls because of his allegedly anti-Semitic views.
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On the march

Tuesday, May 5th 2009, 7:35
related places: Eu

French see EU's eastward push as a threat
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Clashes at France prison protest

Monday, May 4th 2009, 14:47

Prison guards in France clash with police during protests against overcrowding in the country's jails.
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Somali pirate suspects captured

Sunday, May 3rd 2009, 15:33
related countries: Seychelles, Somalia

Fourteen suspected Somali pirates are captured in separate operations by a French frigate and the Seychelles coast guard.
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Growing anger

Friday, May 1st 2009, 2:54

French economic woe to fuel May Day protests
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'Looted' Chinese relic auctioned

Thursday, April 30th 2009, 8:54
related countries: China
related places: Beijing, Paris

An 18th-Century jade Imperial seal is sold for 1.68m euros (£1.5m) at auction in Paris, despite protests by Beijing.
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French Jewish murder trial opens

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 19:04
related places: Paris

Twenty-seven people go on trial in Paris over the kidnap, torture and killing of a French Jewish man three years ago.
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French tourists in fatal US crash

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 8:59
related countries: United States
related places: California

A bus carrying French tourists crashes in California killing at least five people and injuring dozens, officials say.
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French tourists in fatal US crash

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 8:59
related countries: United States
related places: California

A bus carrying French tourists crashes in California killing at least five people and injuring dozens, officials say.
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Sri Lanka urged to halt offensive

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 8:48
related countries: Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

British and French foreign ministers in Sri Lanka urge a halt to the military offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels in the north.
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Empty tables

Tuesday, April 28th 2009, 6:26

Credit crunch bites for French restaurants
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Nuclear claims heard in Polynesia

Tuesday, April 28th 2009, 4:29
related countries: French Polynesia

A court in French Polynesia hears claims from former workers at Mururoa nuclear test site, who are seeking compensation.
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Students faced 'inhuman' torture

Monday, April 27th 2009, 14:21
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Two French students faced "inhuman" torture before they were killed after a burglary went wrong in London, a court hears.
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Helicopter escape for cult leader

Monday, April 27th 2009, 12:47
related countries: Reunion

A convicted sex offender and cult leader escapes by hijacked helicopter from a prison on the French island of Reunion.
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Armstrong escapes test sanctions

Friday, April 24th 2009, 18:01

Lance Armstrong's hopes of riding in the Tour de France improve after anti-doping officials choose not to seek sanctions over a disputed drug test.
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France sanctions 'sex case' judge

Friday, April 24th 2009, 17:06

A judge at the centre of one of France's biggest miscarriages of justice is reprimanded by a panel looking into his conduct.
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France 'to shut down Calais camp'

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 18:57
related places: Calais

French authorities are to close a migrant squatter camp outside Calais by the end of this year, the immigration minister says.
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France 'to shut down Calais camp'

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 18:57
related places: Calais

French authorities are to close a migrant squatter camp outside Calais by the end of this year, the immigration minister says.
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French deliver 11 piracy suspects

Wednesday, April 22nd 2009, 11:51
related countries: Kenya
related places: Mombasa

A French naval frigate docks in the Kenyan port of Mombasa carrying 11 Somalis accused of piracy.
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French swoop on Calais migrants

Tuesday, April 21st 2009, 10:52
related places: Calais

French police detain 190 people in an operation against undocumented migrants near the port of Calais, officials say.
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Darfur aid worker hostage 'ill'

Monday, April 20th 2009, 9:34
related countries: Canada, Sudan

A French aid worker being held hostage in Sudan's Darfur region is sick, says her Canadian fellow captive.
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Sudan bars Bashir foe from travel

Sunday, April 19th 2009, 14:06
related countries: Sudan
related places: Bashir, Paris

Veteran Sudanese politican Hassan al-Turabi is stopped from travelling to Paris for medical treatment, an aide says.
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France holds Eta 'military chief'

Sunday, April 19th 2009, 2:12
related countries: Spain

The top military leader of the Basque separatist group Eta is arrested in south-west France, the Spanish authorities say.
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France charges suspected pirates

Friday, April 17th 2009, 17:16
related countries: Somalia

Three suspected Somali pirates held by France are charged with hijacking and false imprisonment, French prosecutors say.
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Chinese 'bought French degrees'

Friday, April 17th 2009, 16:06
related countries: China

France investigates an alleged scam in which Chinese students offered bribes in return for fake degrees.
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Kenya 'will try Somali pirates'

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 17:25
related countries: Kenya, Somalia

Eleven Somali pirates captured by a French warship are being taken to Kenya for trial, the French defence ministry says.
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French fishermen lift blockades

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 13:18

French fishermen lift a blockade of Channel ports and are considering an offer of state aid from the government.
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Ferries resume as blockade ends

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 9:00

Cross-Channel ferries resume as French fishermen decide not to continue their blockade of Calais.
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Sri Lanka Tamil rebels criticised

Thursday, April 16th 2009, 5:43
related countries: Sri Lanka, United Kingdom

Britain and France say they deplore the use of human shields by Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka.
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Port blockades temporarily lifted

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 21:05

French fishermen temporarily lift their blockade of three French ports, allowing ferries to cross the English Channel.
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French warship captures pirates

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 18:07
related countries: Kenya, Somalia

A French warship captures 11 Somali pirates off Kenya, amid calls for greater international resolve in dealing with piracy.
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Blockades halt channel crossings

Wednesday, April 15th 2009, 11:56
related places: Calais

Hundreds of ferry passengers are left stranded at Dover because of blockades at Channel ports by French fishing fleets.
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French boats block Channel ports

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 23:36

French fishing boats mount a blockade of Channel ports in a dispute over fishing quotas.
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French boats block Channel ports

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 23:36

French fishing boats mount a blockade of Channel ports in a dispute over fishing quotas.
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New wave of Somali pirate attacks

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 20:48
related countries: Somalia, United States
related places: Aden

Somali pirates hijack four vessels in 48 hours, capturing two cargo ships and two fishing boats carrying dozens of people.
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Girl 'seized by mother' due home

Tuesday, April 14th 2009, 9:21
related countries: Hungary

A French girl of three, repeatedly seized by her warring parents, returns home after her mother is arrested in Hungary.
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Freed hostages arrive in France

Sunday, April 12th 2009, 17:50
related countries: Somalia

Four ex-hostages held on a yacht off Somalia have returned to France after being freed by French forces.
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Frenchman dies in Somalia rescue

Saturday, April 11th 2009, 10:01
related countries: Somalia

A French hostage dies but four others, including a child, are freed in a rescue by French forces on a yacht off Somalia.
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Top Eta suspect 'caught with gun'

Friday, April 10th 2009, 21:34
related countries: Spain
related places: Paris

One of the Spanish militant group Eta's top leaders is arrested in Paris carrying a Magnum revolver and false ID, reports say.
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Armstrong raises fear of Tour ban

Friday, April 10th 2009, 19:54

Former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong says the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) could prevent him from riding in this year's race.
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Chad captures rogue legionnaire

Thursday, April 9th 2009, 16:29
related countries: Chad

Security forces in Chad arrest a French Foreign Legion soldier who is accused of killing four people including a UN peacekeeper.
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Armstrong accused of test breach

Thursday, April 9th 2009, 12:28

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong could face punishment from the French anti-doping agency (AFLD) over claims he violated its strict drugs testing rules.
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Chad hunts for rogue legionnaire

Wednesday, April 8th 2009, 14:45
related countries: Chad

A manhunt is launched in Chad for a "deranged" French foreign legionnaire who killed two comrades and a UN soldier.
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French claim full face transplant

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 12:37

A leading French surgeon says he has now effectively carried out a full face transplant after two operations in a fortnight.
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Saudis to build huge rail route

Tuesday, April 7th 2009, 9:26
related countries: Saudi Arabia

French firm Thales and the Saudi Binladin Group are to sign a $533m contract to build Saudi Arabia's North-South Railway.
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France finds 'Eta bomb factory'

Monday, April 6th 2009, 17:10

French police find hundreds of kilos of bomb-making ingredients, suspected to belong to Basque separatists Eta, officials say.
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Extra Nato troops for Afghan poll

Saturday, April 4th 2009, 15:54
related countries: Afghanistan

Nato agrees to boost troop numbers to cover the Afghan presidential election at a summit marred by street violence.
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Hope blooms in Cambodian resort

Saturday, April 4th 2009, 11:09
related countries: Cambodia

Petroc Trelawny visits a former French colonial retreat in Cambodia and finds that although the grand villas have fallen into disrepair, the gardens are still perfectly maintained.
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Obama scoops British book prize

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 21:07
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

US President Barack Obama fights off competition from Paul O'Grady and Dawn French to take the biography prize at the British Book Awards.
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France 'to take Guantanamo man'

Friday, April 3rd 2009, 13:02
related countries: United States

President Nicolas Sarkozy says France has offered to accept a prisoner from Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
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