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We have started to collect the most important news related to France in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
United KingdomBritain's diplomats have been told to learn lessons from the French, who have been judged the best in the world by a Foreign Office expert panel.
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A rare near-complete skeleton of a mammoth has been discovered at Changis-sur-Marne, northeast of Paris.
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President Francois Hollande's cabinet backs a bill to give gay couples in France the right to get married and adopt children.
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France's largest bank BNP Paribas reports a big rise in quarterly profit, led by its investment banking arm.
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Bolivia, 
PeruThe mummy of a two-year-old child seized by Bolivian police as it was about to be shipped to France is returned to Peru, where it was stolen from.
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The French government says it will raise value added tax and cut public spending in order to fund tax credits for firms that keep jobs in France.
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France's President Francois Hollande is under pressure to reform the economy after both the IMF and a government-commissioned report urged him to cut labour costs.
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Michael Haneke's Palme d'Or-winning French drama Amour (Love) leads the nominations at this year's European Film Awards with six nods.
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The French government is expected to be urged to lower welfare payments and increase working hours by a report into the country's competitiveness.
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David Ferrer can win his seventh title of 2012 after beating Michael Llodra 7-5 6-3 to reach the final of the Paris Masters.
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United KingdomKallum Watkins scores a hat-trick as England crush France in a dress rehearsal for next week's Autumn Internationals final.
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BelgiumWhat do the locals in Wevelgem make of arrival of the Tour de France star - and why are they such big fans of cycling?
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France's love affair with a chocolate and marshmallow bear
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IsraelIsraeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial for victims of an Islamist gunman who targeted a Jewish school in Toulouse in southern France.
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PolandBritain's Andy Murray fails to convert a match point and loses to Poland's Jerzy Janowicz in three sets at the Paris Masters.
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Estonia, 
Nigeria, 
RussiaRussian and Estonian sailors kidnapped from a French-owned ship off the Nigerian coast last month have been freed, a military spokesman says.
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TunisiaFrance expels a Tunisian Muslim preacher accused of spreading anti-Semitic views and denigrating women.
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A fashion show featuring couture made almost entirely of chocolate has taken place in Paris.
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Andy Murray reaches round three of the Paris Masters with a 7-5 6-3 win over wildcard Paul-Henri Mathieu of France.
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France's appeals court overturns a ruling that cleared two policemen over the deaths of two teenagers electrocuted as they hid from police in 2005.
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United StatesNovak Djokovic collapses to a three-set defeat by American Sam Querrey in the second round of the Paris Masters.
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Germany, 
MoroccoGerman police arrest a French-Moroccan man in connection with the deadly suicide bombings that hit Casablanca in March 2003.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga moves closer to qualifying for the ATP World Tour Finals by beating Julien Benneteau at the Paris Masters.
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United KingdomThe search is called off for a 12-year-old British boy who is missing on an island in the south of France.
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The French Prime Minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, starts a row by suggesting the 35-hour week thought sacred to his Socialist Party is open to review.
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Andy Murray is fully committed to this week's Paris Masters, despite the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals starting on Monday.
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Bradley Wiggins has his fourth place at the 2009 Tour de France moved up to third after Lance Armstrong's disqualification.
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French President Francois Hollande has decided to open the gardens of his official residence to the public on the last Sunday of each month.
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Jean-Claude Mas, the boss of the scandal-hit French breast implant company PIP, is released from custody pending trial in 2013.
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The French site of the Euromillions lottery is hacked, with a passage from the Koran discouraging gambling posted on its homepage.
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SpainA woman suspected of being a military leader in the armed Basque separatist group Eta is arrested in France, Spanish officials say.
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The French GP could return to the F1 calendar next year for the first time in five years, according to Bernie Ecclestone.
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United KingdomThe UK and France have been conducting a major military exercise in the Mediterranean, in what is being hailed as a milestone in closer defence co-operation between the two countries.
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Lance Armstrong's Tour de France titles will not be given to others in the wake of the doping scandal.
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Paris Market Report
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The Rolling Stones perform to 350 fans in Paris after announcing a surprise gig on Twitter.
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Three French banks including BNP Paribas are downgraded by credit ratings agency Standard and Poor's.
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United KingdomRafael Nadal withdraws from the Paris Masters and ATP World Tour Finals in London because of continuing knee problems.
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America's three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond calls for International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid to resign.
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United KingdomBradley Wiggins admits it is "more than likely" he will support Chris Froome in the 2013 Tour de France.
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Belgium, United StatesUS car giant Ford announces plans to close its factory at Genk in Belgium and French manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroen has secured a 7bn euro state guarantee.
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French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen says it is seeking 11.5bn euros in new financing after reporting another fall in car sales.
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Three French magazines are fined by a Paris court for publishing photos of France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler in her bikini.
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France must do more to tackle the bribery of foreign public officials by French companies, a club of leading industrial countries says.
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Lance Armstrong should be made to repay his prize money from winning seven Tour de France titles, says the race's director.
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France's prime minister announces new measures to tackle organised crime in Corsica after last week's killing of a prominent lawyer
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Lance Armstrong is stripped of his seven Tour de France titles by cycling's governing body the UCI.
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Lance Armstrong has been stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by the International Cycling Union, the sport's governing body.
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United KingdomAs a UK trade delegation tries to boost sales of British food in France, Sophie Van Brugen finds out what Parisians really think of pork pies and cheese sandwiches.
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French pilgrim town of Lourdes under water
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Hundreds of Roman Catholic pilgrims have been evacuated from the sanctuary of Lourdes in France after heavy flooding in the area.
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Hundreds of Roman Catholic pilgrims are evacuated from the sanctuary of Lourdes in southern France after heavy flooding in the area.
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United KingdomPolice investigating the shooting of a British family in the French Alps believe the cyclist also found dead at the scene was killed first, according to a leaked provisional scenario.
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GermanyBody language between French president Francois Hollande, and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel suggests their relationship may be tenser than ever
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France says a deal to launch a eurozone banking union next year will help speed up integration, but admits that EU nations are moving at different speeds.
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Micro-blogging site Twitter has agreed to remove a flood of anti-Semitic tweets that are circulating on its service in France.
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SpainBBC Weather's Nick Miller has the details on some heavy rain and stormy weather hitting parts of Spain and France this weekend.
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United KingdomFrench security services stopped tracking Toulouse gunman Mohamed Merah, despite links to jihadists including in the UK, leaked documents suggest.
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Chile, 
ColombiaShares in Carrefour gain almost 7% after the French retail giant announced the sale of its Colombian business to Chile's Cencosud for 2bn euros.
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Google has said that it will exclude French media sites from its search results if a controversial law goes ahead in France.
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NetherlandsDutch actress Sylvia Kristel, who starred in the 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle, has died aged 60. The film's director Just Jaeckin said: "She was like a small sister to me because we did Emmanuelle together."
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A 20-year-old "computer genius" is arrested in northern France for spreading a virus on smartphones that defrauded thousands of victims.
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NetherlandsDutch actress Sylvia Kristel who starred in the 1974 erotic French film Emmanuelle, dies aged 60.
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A pair of Marie Antoinette's slippers has been auctioned for 50,000 euros on the anniversary of the French queen's execution
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Silk shoes belonging to the 18th Century French Queen sell for 50,000 euros in an auction in Paris marking the anniversary of her execution.
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French prosecutors investigating the death of the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, question his widow Suha as a witness.
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IndiaFrench diplomat Pascal Mazurier, who is charged with raping his three-year-old daughter, is released from an Indian prison on bail.
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Germany, Spain, 
SwedenA round-up of Friday's World Cup qualifying matches as Sweden fight back from 4-0 down to draw with Germany and France score an injury-time equaliser against Spain.
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A major new art gallery has been installed in an unusual location: Paris's Le Bourget airport.
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