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.

World news related to France – overview

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• November 11th 2005 – December 30th 2005
• December 30th 2005 – February 14th 2006
• February 14th 2006 – March 11th 2006
• March 18th 2006 – April 21st 2006
• April 22nd 2006 – June 9th 2006
• June 11th 2006 – July 7th 2006
• July 7th 2006 – August 8th 2006
• August 8th 2006 – October 2nd 2006
• October 2nd 2006 – November 11th 2006
• November 13th 2006 – December 23rd 2006
• December 26th 2006 – February 7th 2007
• February 7th 2007 – March 16th 2007
• March 17th 2007 – April 22nd 2007
• April 23rd 2007 – May 21st 2007
• May 22nd 2007 – June 15th 2007
• June 18th 2007 – July 11th 2007
• July 11th 2007 – July 27th 2007
• July 27th 2007 – September 3rd 2007
• September 4th 2007 – October 4th 2007
• October 6th 2007 – October 27th 2007
• October 28th 2007 – November 26th 2007
• November 26th 2007 – December 24th 2007
• December 25th 2007 – January 29th 2008
• January 29th 2008 – February 25th 2008
• February 25th 2008 – March 31st 2008
• March 31st 2008 – May 1st 2008
• May 2nd 2008 – June 2nd 2008
• June 3rd 2008 – June 23rd 2008
• June 23rd 2008 – July 9th 2008
• July 9th 2008 – July 21st 2008
• July 21st 2008 – August 19th 2008
• August 20th 2008 – September 23rd 2008
• September 24th 2008 – October 22nd 2008
• October 22nd 2008 – November 28th 2008
• November 29th 2008 – January 6th 2009
• January 6th 2009 – February 12th 2009
• February 13th 2009 – March 17th 2009
• March 18th 2009 – April 15th 2009
• April 15th 2009 – May 14th 2009
• May 15th 2009 – June 3rd 2009
• June 3rd 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 30th 2009 – July 23rd 2009
• July 23rd 2009 – August 26th 2009
• August 26th 2009 – October 7th 2009
• October 7th 2009 – November 9th 2009
• November 9th 2009 – December 1st 2009
• December 1st 2009 – January 6th 2010

France: news

France on riot alert for holiday

Friday, November 11th 2005, 13:03

France is braced for a tense Armistice Day holiday after two weeks of rioting.
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Paris rallies banned in riot fear

Friday, November 11th 2005, 16:53
related places: Paris

All public meetings likely to provoke disturbances are to be banned on Saturday in Paris, French police say.
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Super-rocket's next critical test

Saturday, November 12th 2005, 9:05
related countries: French Guiana

Europe's most powerful rocket to date, the Ariane 5-ECA, is set to blast off from French Guiana.
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Riot erupts in French city centre

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 4:38

Lyon sees the first riots in a major French city centre during two weeks of unrest, despite tough new controls.
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Curfew fails to stop French riot

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 10:14
related places: Lyon

Lyon sees the first riots in a major city centre in France, despite tough new controls on the 17th night of unrest.
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Riot-hit Lyon bans public meeting

Sunday, November 13th 2005, 17:03
related places: Lyon

The French city of Lyon bans public gatherings in the centre following overnight rioting by gangs of youths.
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EU offers France aid after riots

Monday, November 14th 2005, 4:30

The European Union offers France 50m euros to help recover from the riots as police report a fall in violence.
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France seeks to extend crisis law

Monday, November 14th 2005, 18:55

The French cabinet is to ask parliament to extend state of emergency powers into 2006 as suburban rioting continues.
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Chirac in new pledge to end riots

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 10:11

The French leader vows to create new opportunities for young people, saying France faces "a crisis of identity".
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Tunis media attack alarms France

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 17:40
related countries: Tunisia

France calls on Tunisia to uphold press freedoms after an attack on French media ahead of a UN internet summit.
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France MPs back riot powers

Tuesday, November 15th 2005, 20:32

The French parliament backs a three-month extension of emergency powers to curb urban rioting.
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France extends laws to curb riots

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 20:57

The French parliament approves a three-month extension of emergency laws aimed at curbing riots.
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Heavy-lift Ariane flies skyward

Wednesday, November 16th 2005, 23:57
related countries: French Guiana
related places: Kourou

Europe's most powerful rocket - the Ariane 5-ECA - has launched from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
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Algerian to be extradited from UK

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 10:51
related countries: Algeria, United Kingdom
related places: Paris

An Algerian man, wanted in connection with bombings in Paris, can be extradited to France, a UK court decides.
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French violence 'back to normal'

Thursday, November 17th 2005, 11:23

Police in France say "a normal situation" has returned across the country following three weeks of urban rioting.
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France 'needs ethnic statistics'

Friday, November 18th 2005, 19:18

The French equal opportunities minister calls for a ban on data based on ethnicity to be scrapped.
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Paris protest at public sell-offs

Saturday, November 19th 2005, 20:34
related places: Paris

Up to 30,000 people rally in the French capital, Paris, against government plans to privatise public sector companies.
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French Socialists find consensus

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 16:39

France's opposition Socialists put internal divisions aside to agree on a motion outlining the future of the party.
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Thousands guard nuclear shipment

Sunday, November 20th 2005, 17:55
related countries: Germany

Thousands of police guard a controversial nuclear waste train as it crosses into Germany from France.
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EDF shares due to start trading

Monday, November 21st 2005, 7:31
related places: Paris

Shares in state-owned French power company EDF are scheduled to start trading in Paris on Monday.
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Strike cripples French railways

Monday, November 21st 2005, 20:56

Unions in France begin a strike on the country's rail network, halting services in protest at possible privatisation.
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Rappers blamed for French riots

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 15:42

A French politician accuses rappers of fuelling recent unrest with violent lyrics - a claim backed by 200 MPs.
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French MPs back surveillance plan

Thursday, November 24th 2005, 17:23

Plans to boost video surveillance in public places are approved by the French parliament in an initial vote.
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Rap 'not cause of French riots'

Friday, November 25th 2005, 11:29

French PM Dominique de Villepin dismisses claims that rap music fuelled recent rioting in poor suburbs.
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France dampens hope of trade deal

Monday, November 28th 2005, 11:57
related countries: Hong Kong

France's trade minister expresses doubts about any major breakthrough at global trade talks in Hong Kong next month.
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Paris hotels fined for collusion

Monday, November 28th 2005, 18:25
related places: Paris

Six of Paris' most prestigious hotels are fined for sharing commercial information, keeping prices artificially high.
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French MPs back anti-terror bill

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 21:33

The French parliament's lower house approves a tough anti-terror bill that would boost video surveillance.
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French held over Ivorian's death

Tuesday, November 29th 2005, 23:22

Four French soldiers, including a colonel, are detained over the suffocation of a prisoner in Ivory Coast.
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Woman has first face transplant

Wednesday, November 30th 2005, 17:46

Surgeons in France have carried out the first face transplant, it has been revealed.
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French mobile phone firms fined

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 8:05

Three of France's largest mobile phone firms are fined a total of 534m euros for distorting competition.
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Six cleared over French child sex

Thursday, December 1st 2005, 22:49

A French appeals court acquits six people who had been wrongly convicted of child sex abuse in 2004.
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Face op patient 'said thank you'

Friday, December 2nd 2005, 12:48

The first patient to undergo a face transplant thanks her doctors after coming round from surgery.
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French engineer 'seized in Iraq'

Monday, December 5th 2005, 11:53
related countries: Iraq
related places: Baghdad

A French man working on Iraqi water treatment projects is kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraqi police say.
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French target 'Islamic network'

Monday, December 12th 2005, 12:47
related places: Paris

French police investigating suspected plans for attacks in France arrest at least 20 people during raids in Paris.
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'Progress' on bird flu vaccine

Thursday, December 15th 2005, 8:42

French drug company Sanofi Pasteur says it has made progress in developing a prototype vaccine against a human version of bird flu.
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Arrested men 'had Zarqawi link'

Thursday, December 15th 2005, 10:47
related countries: Iraq

French police make three new arrests after suspects held in earlier raids are linked to the Iraq insurgency leader.
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Tennis: 8-year ban for Puerta

Wednesday, December 21st 2005, 14:07
related countries: Argentina

French Open finalist Mariano Puerta of Argentina is banned for eight years after failing a drugs test.
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French lawsuit over CIA flights

Wednesday, December 21st 2005, 17:04

Two Paris-based human rights groups take legal action over alleged CIA prisoner flights landing in France.
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Brazil pays Paris Club debt early

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 7:10
related countries: Brazil

Brazil announces another early repayment of international debt - this time to the Paris Club of creditor nations.
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French row over charity pork soup

Friday, December 23rd 2005, 20:33
related places: Nice

A charity run by a far-right group in Nice causes anger by serving the homeless pork soup, which Muslims and Jews do not eat.
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Duke buys flea markets in Paris

Saturday, December 24th 2005, 14:47
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Paris

The UK's third richest man the Duke of Westminster adds two Paris flea markets to his portfolio.
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French sex inquiry 'must be open'

Monday, December 26th 2005, 16:15

Thirteen people jailed falsely for child abuse in France demand an open inquiry into the scandal.
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French hostage 'shown in video'

Wednesday, December 28th 2005, 22:02
related countries: Iraq

An Iraq militant group releases a video apparently showing a French hostage and threatens to kill him.
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Sarkozy call to help minorities

Thursday, December 29th 2005, 8:36

Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says he wants the law to ensure equal opportunities in France.
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Britons die in France road crash

Friday, December 30th 2005, 16:05

Two Britons are killed in northern France after their car runs off a motorway in icy conditions.
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