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

Tennis: Nadal into second round

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 18:18
related countries: Botswana

Rafael Nadal gets his French Open title defence under way with victory over Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci, while Novak Djokovic races into the third round.
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France to let in eastern workers

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 15:14
related places: Eu

President Sarkozy says France will open its labour market in July to eight EU members in Central and Eastern Europe.
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Nadal v Bellucci as it happened

Wednesday, May 28th 2008, 13:44
related places: Paris

Amelie Mauresmo is in action as the third day of the French Open is repeatedly disrupted by rain.
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Sarkozy suggests cap on fuel tax

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 17:02
related places: Eu

France's president suggests the EU could cap the level of tax on fuel, as protest at rising prices spread.
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Jump record fails to take flight

Tuesday, May 27th 2008, 11:55

A French skydiver's attempt to break the world free fall record fails when his balloon takes off without him.
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French fishing strike to continue

Monday, May 26th 2008, 21:39

French fishermen vote to extend port blockades for two days, in protest at rising fuel costs and fishing quotas.
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Tennis: Federer goes through

Monday, May 26th 2008, 17:18
related countries: United States

World number one Roger Federer eases into the second round of the French Open with a 6-4 6-4 6-3 victory over American Sam Querrey.
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School movie wins Cannes honour

Sunday, May 25th 2008, 18:55
related places: Cannes, Paris

Gritty French movie The Class, starring real students in a Paris school, wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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Tennis: Djokovic through

Sunday, May 25th 2008, 13:35
related countries: Germany

Third seed Novak Djokovic overcomes German Denis Gremelmayr in four sets at the French Open, as Gustavo Kuerten's career comes to an end.
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Tennis: Injured Tsonga pulls out

Saturday, May 24th 2008, 21:33
related countries: Aruba

Australian Open runner-up Jo-Wilfried Tsonga withdraws from the French Open due to a knee injury.
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Tennis: Nadal set for title defence

Saturday, May 24th 2008, 12:55

Rafael Nadal plays down comparisons with fellow clay-court great Bjorn Borg on the eve of his bid for a fourth straight French Open title.
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Migrants killed in French crash

Friday, May 23rd 2008, 11:12
related countries: Morocco

Seven people are killed and 25 injured after a bus carrying Moroccan migrants crashes in central France.
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French Open women's live scores

Friday, May 23rd 2008, 10:39

French Open women's live scores
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French TV loses Gaza film case

Thursday, May 22nd 2008, 21:00

A French court rules in favour of a website accused of libel for claiming TV film of a famous Gaza shooting was fake.
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Strikes over pensions hit France

Thursday, May 22nd 2008, 17:58

French workers hold a day of strikes and protests against President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform plans.
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France offers fishermen aid deal

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 19:58
related places: Paris

The French government offers the fishing industry 110m euros after fishermen protest over rising fuel costs.
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'Highest Eta commander' arrested

Wednesday, May 21st 2008, 11:59
related countries: Spain

Suspected political head of Basque separatists, Eta, is arrested in France, Spanish authorities say.
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Tennis: Davenport out of Open

Tuesday, May 20th 2008, 18:52

Former world number one Lindsay Davenport pulls out of the French Open due to personal reasons.
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Tennis: Roddick out of French

Monday, May 19th 2008, 13:01

World number six Andy Roddick will miss the French Open with a shoulder injury.
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Teachers throng Paris over cuts

Sunday, May 18th 2008, 21:10
related places: Paris

Thousands of people march in the French capital protesting against President Sarkozy's education reforms.
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GP: Rossi secures France victory

Sunday, May 18th 2008, 12:46

Valentino Rossi wins the French MotoGP to move top of the world championship standings.
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France angered by Burmese delays

Saturday, May 17th 2008, 5:01
related countries: Burma

France says Burma is on the verge of committing a crime against humanity by not accepting aid.
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Comoran rebel loses asylum plea

Thursday, May 15th 2008, 13:04
related countries: Comoros

France rejects a request for asylum by the ousted rebel leader of the Comoran island of Anjouan.
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Motorsport: Lorenzo to compete

Wednesday, May 14th 2008, 22:16

Jorge Lorenzo is passed fit to race at this weekend's French MotoGP despite fracturing his ankle last week.
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French Iraq recruiters are jailed

Wednesday, May 14th 2008, 10:08
related countries: Iraq, United States

Seven men are convicted in France for recruiting young people to fight against the US-led coalition in Iraq.
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Write-down woes for French banks

Tuesday, May 13th 2008, 11:36

Credit Agricole considers a 5.9bn-euro rights issue while Societe Generale announces a 23% fall in profits.
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France may breathalyse clubs

Monday, May 12th 2008, 5:41

France's cabinet is to hear a proposal to make breathalysers mandatory at late-night clubs and cafes.
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Little optimism over Betancourt

Friday, May 2nd 2008, 15:28

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he is "not very optimistic" about freeing the hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
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Five French die in Alps avalanche

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 9:32
related countries: Italy

The bodies of five French mountaineers hit by an avalanche are found in Italy's northwestern Alps.
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New anti-French rallies in China

Thursday, May 1st 2008, 7:06
related countries: China

Hundreds of activists gather outside French supermarket chain Carrefour's stores in three Chinese cities.
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Hezbollah held French socialist

Sunday, April 27th 2008, 16:13
related countries: Lebanon

A French socialist says he was detained by gunmen linked to Hezbollah during a visit to Lebanon.
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Sarkozy admits he made mistakes

Friday, April 25th 2008, 0:48

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy says he made some mistakes in his first year in office, in a live TV interview.
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Khmer accused gets French lawyer

Tuesday, April 22nd 2008, 9:34

A French lawyer nicknamed "the Devil's advocate" will defend ex-Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan.
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Paris honours Dalai Lama

Monday, April 21st 2008, 20:01
related countries: China
related places: Paris

Paris gives the Dalai Lama an honorary citizenship amid ongoing anti-French protests in China.
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Eurostar 11-hour journey probed

Saturday, April 19th 2008, 18:23
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London, Paris

A two-hour train journey from London to Paris becomes an overnight trip because of technical faults.
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Anti-French rallies across China

Saturday, April 19th 2008, 14:36
related countries: China

Hundreds of protesters gather in cities across China to denounce France's stance on the Olympics.
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Visiting the ghosts of Paris 1968

Saturday, April 19th 2008, 11:06

John Pickford returns to the Sorbonne university to compare the riots in 1968 with today's student protests.
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France charges Somali 'pirates'

Friday, April 18th 2008, 18:42
related countries: Somalia

A Parisian court charges six Somalis with taking a French luxury yacht's crew hostage this month, officials say.
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France to double food aid budget

Friday, April 18th 2008, 14:50

France doubles its emergency food aid for poor countries amid sharply rising prices, says President Sarkozy.
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French man shot by Mauritanians

Friday, April 18th 2008, 4:38
related countries: Mauritania

Mauritanian soldiers mistakenly shoot and wound a French national, whom they took for an attacker.
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Somali 'pirates' taken to Paris

Wednesday, April 16th 2008, 10:58
related countries: Somalia
related places: Paris

Six Somalis suspected of taking a French luxury yacht's crew hostage arrive in Paris, judicial sources say.
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France targets anorexia in media

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 21:43

France's National Assembly passes a bill to make promotion of anorexia and extreme thinness an offence.
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Carrefour faces China boycott bid

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 8:36
related countries: China

Chinese activists are urging shoppers to stay away from French retailer Carrefour, after pro-Tibet protests in France.
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Le Monde journalists on strike

Monday, April 14th 2008, 15:13

Journalists at the prestigious French daily Le Monde strike over job cuts - the second such protest in its history.
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Tennis: Federer hires Higueras

Monday, April 14th 2008, 14:22

Roger Federer will work with renowned clay-court coach Jose Higueras in Estoril this week as he begins his build-up to the French Open.
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French push for EU food response

Monday, April 14th 2008, 12:23
related places: Eu

France calls for an EU initiative on food security, amid alarm about unrest linked to rising prices.
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France raid ship after crew freed

Saturday, April 12th 2008, 15:24
related countries: Somalia

French commandos carry out a raid on Somali pirates soon after they release 30 hostages from a luxury yacht.
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France's Chirac gets pacemaker

Friday, April 11th 2008, 15:01
related places: Chirac

Former French President Jacques Chirac undergoes successful surgery to fit a pacemaker, his office says.
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Murder suspect held in Mauritania

Thursday, April 10th 2008, 17:49
related countries: Mauritania

Mauritanian police arrest a militant suspected of killing French tourists, who was on the run disguised as a woman.
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French march against school plan

Thursday, April 10th 2008, 17:01
related places: Paris

At least 19,000 demonstrate in Paris against a proposed reform of the French education system.
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Tourists die in Peru plane crash

Thursday, April 10th 2008, 2:53
related countries: Peru

Five French tourists have died in a plane crash during a flight over the famous Nazca Lines in Peru, police say.
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France calls off Colombia mission

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 22:14
related countries: Colombia

France halts a medical mission seeking to help hostage Ingrid Betancourt, after Farc rebels deny access.
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Arrests over WWI graves vandalism

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 14:22

Police arrest four people over the desecration of 150 Muslim graves at a French World War I cemetery.
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Two die in Mauritanian gun battle

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 3:19
related countries: Mauritania

Two die as Mauritanian police investigating the killing of four French tourists clash with gunmen, reports say.
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Protests cut short Olympic relay

Monday, April 7th 2008, 18:12
related countries: China
related places: Paris

French security officials cut short the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay in the face of anti-China protests.
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Djibouti hunts for abuse suspects

Monday, April 7th 2008, 14:51
related countries: Djibouti

A Djibouti court issues international arrest warrants for five French nationals suspected of sexually abusing children.
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IOC chief speaks out over Tibet

Monday, April 7th 2008, 11:08
related places: Paris

Olympics chief Jacques Rogge voices concern over unrest in Tibet and torch protests, now set for Paris.
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Paris braced for torch protests

Monday, April 7th 2008, 4:33
related countries: China

Hundreds of French police will be deployed to protect the Olympic torch from protesters angry at China's role in Tibet.
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Contact made with yacht pirates

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 23:43
related countries: Somalia

France makes contact with Somali pirates who seized a luxury French yacht with 30 crew in the Gulf of Aden.
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French demand Betancourt release

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 15:24
related countries: Colombia
related places: Marches

Marches are held in France to call for the release of French-Colombian Farc hostage Ingrid Betancourt.
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French Muslim graves defaced

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 13:38

Vandals use a pig's head and anti-Muslim slogans to deface the graves of Muslim soldiers in a French WWI cemetery.
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Taleban accuse Sarkozy of U-turn

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 20:57
related countries: Afghanistan

The Taleban accuse Nicolas Sarkozy of reneging on a pledge to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan.
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Sarkozy aide 'misquoted' on Games

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 17:04
related countries: China

A French minister denies she laid out conditions for President Sarkozy's presence at the Beijing Games.
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France is tracking hijacked yacht

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 14:05
related countries: Somalia

The French military is continuing to track a luxury yacht seized on Friday by Somali pirates.
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Anti-French fury in the Comoros Islands

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 11:06
related countries: Comoros

Jonny Hogg visits the Comoros Islands where warmth turns to fury as people accuse the French of helping their rebel leader escape.
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France sets Olympics conditions

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 10:27
related countries: China

A French minister sets three conditions for President Sarkozy's presence at the opening of the Beijing Games.
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Custody for Comoran rebel

Saturday, April 5th 2008, 3:18
related countries: Comoros, Reunion

Ousted Comoran rebel leader Mohammed Bacar is remanded in custody on the French island of Reunion.
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Somali pirates seize French yacht

Friday, April 4th 2008, 21:08
related countries: Somalia

Pirates board a luxury French yacht off Somalia's coast, taking all its 30 crew hostage, officials say.
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Nato meets Canada's troop demands

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 15:40
related countries: Afghanistan

Canada will continue its frontline role in Afghanistan, after the commitment of more troops at a Nato conference.
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France sets date on Nato decision

Thursday, April 3rd 2008, 10:26

President Nicolas Sarkozy indicates France will move by the end of 2008 to rejoin Nato's military command.
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