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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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"Spiderman" scales one of Malaysia's Twin Towers at third go

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 8:38
related countries: Malaysia Malaysia

French climber Alain Robert, known as Spiderman, climbs one of the world's tallest buildings in Malaysia.
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'Aged 11, I was too big for Paris'

Saturday, June 24th 2006, 10:57

Caroline Wyatt is determined to find out how the French stay so enviably slim.
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'Al-Qaeda' behind Nigeria kidnap

Friday, December 21st 2012, 10:13
related countries: Nigeria Nigeria

Al-Qaeda, or an allied group, was probably behind the kidnapping of a French engineer in Nigeria, the French president says.
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Friday, October 9th 2009, 17:24

France arrests a researcher at Europe's top particle physics lab who is suspected of links to al-Qaeda, officials say.
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'Anti-Semitic attacker' detained

Thursday, June 7th 2012, 18:46
related places: Villeurbanne

French police detain a man suspected of attacking three young Jews with a hammer during an assault in the town of Villeurbanne, reports say.
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'Australia terror plotter' jailed

Thursday, March 15th 2007, 14:23
related countries: Australia Australia

A French man suspected of plotting terror attacks in Australia is found guilty of links to terrorist groups.
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'Banks on steroids' worry France

Tuesday, November 10th 2009, 6:52

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde warns the bailed-out banks created by the financial crisis could abuse their power.
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'Barbarian' case

Friday, July 10th 2009, 23:55

Inside the murder trial of a French gang leader
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'Bin Laden' in warning to France

Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 13:23
related countries: Niger Niger

Osama Bin Laden reportedly ties the kidnapping of five French people in Niger to France's treatment of its Muslim minority.
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Thursday, April 21st 2011, 17:25
related places: Nantes

Police in the western French city of Nantes find three bodies at the house of a missing family of six, reports say.
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'Cannibal' trial opens in France

Monday, June 21st 2010, 21:52

A French convict is tried for murdering and eating part of his cell-mate, after being allegedly denied psychiatric help.
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'Casual lunch' for Bush, Sarkozy

Saturday, August 11th 2007, 22:10
related countries: United States United States
related places: Bush, Maine

US President Bush hosts his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, for informal talks at his family home in Maine.
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'Culture shock'

Sunday, June 22nd 2008, 23:07

The woman urging France to roll up its sleeves and work
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'Cut in two'

Saturday, November 22nd 2008, 11:30

French media concerned by Socialist Party vote
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'Da Vinci code' found in France

Tuesday, December 7th 2010, 10:14
related places: Nantes

A public library in the French city of Nantes discovers a coded manuscript by Leonardo da Vinci.
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'Detoxifying' France's National Front

Saturday, October 22nd 2011, 11:03

The charming face of France's far right National Front
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'Drugged-cake burglar' arrested in Paris

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 13:09
related places: Paris

Police in Paris arrest a 64-year-old man suspected of burgling up to 20 people, usually after feeding them cakes laced with sedatives.
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'England prepared for Euro heat'

Sunday, June 10th 2012, 14:31
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Roy Hodgson is confident his England players will be well prepared for the heat in Donetsk against France on Monday.
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'Eta attack' kills second officer

Wednesday, December 5th 2007, 14:21
related countries: Spain Spain

A second Spanish policeman has died after being shot in France by suspected Basque separatist militants.
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'Eta chief' under formal inquiry

Friday, November 21st 2008, 13:47

The suspected head of Basque separatist group Eta is put under formal investigation after his arrest in France, sources say.
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'Fake' Mayan statue sold for $4m

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011, 15:47
related countries: Mexico Mexico
related places: Paris

A Mayan sculpture that fetched 2.9m euros ($4.2m, £2.5m) at a Paris auction is a fake, Mexican officials claim.
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'Fake' wine hoard found in China

Friday, November 9th 2012, 9:50
related countries: China China

The discovery in China of a huge hoard of bottles labelled as fine French wine has highlighted the country's problems with fakes.
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'Farc rebels' make kidnap claim

Tuesday, May 1st 2012, 18:50
related countries: Colombia Colombia

A Colombian woman claiming to be a Farc rebel says the left-wing guerrilla group is holding missing French journalist Romeo Langlois as a "prisoner of war".
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'Foiled shooting' teenager bailed

Friday, November 20th 2009, 0:44

A teenager in France suspected of planning to shoot his teachers is charged with attempted murder and released on bail.
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'Foul' Jesus play divides French

Wednesday, November 16th 2011, 12:24
related countries: Spain Spain
related places: Jesus, Toulouse

Christians plan protests as a provocative Spanish play about Jesus called Golgota Picnic premieres in the southern French city of Toulouse.
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'Four dead' in French avalanche

Wednesday, March 11th 2009, 18:06

Four people are dead after being swept away by an avalanche in the French Alps, according to reports.
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'Fuel additive in breast implant'

Monday, January 2nd 2012, 16:05

A fuel additive untested in clinical trials was used in breast implants that have since been banned, French radio station RTL reports.
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'Gold' found on Paris train fake

Tuesday, January 3rd 2012, 15:20
related places: Paris

Twenty gold-coloured bars found in a case on a suburban Paris train have turned out not be be made of gold, police say.
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'Guru' conman jailed in France

Tuesday, November 13th 2012, 11:21
related places: Bordeaux

A man who tricked a family of French aristocrats into fearing for their lives at the hands of freemasons is jailed for eight years in Bordeaux.
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'Hell on wheels' misery for French train passengers

Tuesday, December 28th 2010, 11:08

A night train on France's famed SNCF rail network arrives 13 hours late after a series of unfortunate events on the way.
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'Highest Eta commander' arrested

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

Suspected political head of Basque separatists, Eta, is arrested in France, Spanish authorities say.
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'Historic' cocaine haul in France

Friday, May 29th 2009, 10:48
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Two British men are arrested in France after customs officers find a record 684kg (1,507lbs) of cocaine inside their lorry.
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'Hostage killed' in Cameroon raid

Wednesday, November 5th 2008, 14:42
related countries: Cameroon Cameroon

One of a group of 10 mostly French hostages seized off Cameroon has been killed in a rescue bid, a militia leader says.
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'Hostage-takers' seized in Niger

Tuesday, January 11th 2011, 16:55
related countries: Niger Niger

Two suspected militants were seized in last week's raid which resulted in the deaths of two French hostages in Niger, Niger's security sources reveal.
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'I worked in Homs makeshift hospital'

Wednesday, February 29th 2012, 21:10
related countries: Syria Syria
related places: Homs

French surgeon tells of operating in Syria's besieged city of Homs
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'Implant alert' diverts US plane

Tuesday, May 22nd 2012, 21:38
related countries: United States United States

A US plane bound for Charlotte, North Carolina, makes an early landing in Maine after a woman claims to be carrying a surgically implanted device.
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'Kingmaker' snubs French rivals

Wednesday, April 25th 2007, 14:59

Defeated French centrist Francois Bayrou declines to back either candidate left in the presidential race.
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'Le Spice Boy' proves his worth

Sunday, February 24th 2013, 23:03
related places: Paris

Beckham debut a good start to Paris love affair
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'Le spin'

Wednesday, October 6th 2010, 5:09

Will French President Sarkozy regret courting the media?
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'Leading Eta bomb maker' arrested

Saturday, September 1st 2007, 13:16
related countries: Spain Spain
related places: Four

Four suspected Basque separatists, including a key bomb-maker, are held in France, Spanish officials say.
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'Looted' Chinese relic auctioned

Thursday, April 30th 2009, 8:54
related countries: China 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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'Mature' England please Lancaster

Sunday, February 10th 2013, 18:44
related countries: Ireland Ireland, United Kingdom United Kingdom
related places: Lancaster

Coach Stuart Lancaster praises England's maturity after their win in Ireland and predicts a massive game against France.
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'Muhammad' to edit French weekly

Tuesday, November 1st 2011, 11:36
related countries: Tunisia Tunisia

A French satirical magazine names the Prophet Muhammad as "editor-in-chief" for its next issue to mark the electoral win of an Islamist party in Tunisia.
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'My love for Sarkozy the gardener'

Monday, September 26th 2011, 0:28

Why Carla Bruni fell for the French president
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'No a la carte Europe' - Hollande

Tuesday, February 5th 2013, 12:58

French President Francois Hollande tells the European Parliament there can be no "a la carte" attitude to the EU in an apparent swipe at the UK.
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'No Anorexia' model dies aged 28

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 22:53

French model Isabelle Caro, who gained worldwide publicity posing nude for an anti-anorexia campaign while suffering from the illness, dies at 28.
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'No anorexia' model Isabelle Caro dies

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 15:46

A French model who posed nude for an anti-anorexia campaign while suffering from the illness herself has died at the age of 28.
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'No deal' with Farc on journalist

Tuesday, May 8th 2012, 20:31
related countries: Colombia Colombia

Colombian officials dismiss demands made by Farc rebels believed to be holding a French journalist in exchange for his release.
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'No decision' on UK helicopters

Tuesday, May 24th 2011, 23:48
related countries: Libya Libya, United Kingdom United Kingdom

No decision has been made on whether to deploy UK Apache helicopters to Libya, the government says, contradicting claims by a French minister.
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'No evidence' of Bin Laden death

Sunday, September 24th 2006, 4:51
related countries: Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

The Saudi government says it has no evidence Osama Bin Laden is dead after media reports from France.
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'No extradition' for kidnap woman

Tuesday, June 23rd 2009, 19:40
related countries: Mexico Mexico

The Mexican President, Felipe Calderon says a French woman convicted of kidnapping will serve her 60-year sentence in Mexico.
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'No proof' Israel shot Gaza child

Monday, May 20th 2013, 13:42
related countries: Israel Israel

An Israeli government investigation concludes a French news report in 2000, which blamed Israeli troops for shooting dead a Palestinian child, was baseless.
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'No rift' between PM and Hollande

Friday, May 18th 2012, 12:23

No 10 rejects suggestions of a rift between David Cameron and Francois Hollande ahead of their first talks at the G8 summit in the US.
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'Olmert to face Assad' in Paris

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 15:26
related countries: Syria Syria
related places: Paris

Israel's Ehud Olmert and Syria's Bashar al-Assad will come face to face next month in Paris, says France's foreign minister.
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'One gun' used in Alps shootings

Monday, September 10th 2012, 17:07
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Only one gun was used in the attack on a British man shot dead with his wife, mother-in-law and a cyclist in the French Alps, police in France say.
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'Open race' for top Cannes prize

Sunday, May 26th 2013, 13:51
related countries: Iran Iran
related places: Cannes

Films about New York folk singers, young lesbian lovers and a tangled French-Iranian family are among the top contenders for the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
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'PKK members' held in Paris raids

Monday, February 5th 2007, 14:17
related countries: Turkey Turkey
related places: Paris

French police arrest 13 Turkish Kurds on suspicion of helping to finance guerrillas of the PKK.
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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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'Propaganda'

Thursday, September 4th 2008, 17:16
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan

Images from Afghanistan spark anger in France
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'Race attack' sparks French row

Wednesday, February 29th 2012, 13:47

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen condemns a reported far right attack on a prominent broadcaster who challenged her on TV.
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'Racist motive' to French kidnap

Monday, February 20th 2006, 23:50

A Jewish man who died after being kidnapped and tortured may have been the victim of an anti-Semitic attack, French officials say.
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'Rare' mammoth skull discovered in southern France

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 0:47

The fossilised skull of an "extremely rare" steppe mammoth has been discovered in southern France.
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'Rebel reporter' in Niger court

Tuesday, January 15th 2008, 15:43
related countries: Niger Niger

A French reporter accused of illegally filming Niger rebels appears in court, where he faces the death penalty.
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'Rude' French are seen as world's worst tourists

Friday, July 10th 2009, 11:05

A new survey has found that hotel owners view French tourists as the meanest and rudest in the world.
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'Sego' in new French election bid

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 13:54

Segolene Royal, the Socialist Nicolas Sarkozy defeated in France's 2007 presidential poll, says she wants to stand again.
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'Shot' French family's car found

Friday, April 22nd 2011, 15:44

Police in France discover the car of a man suspected of killing his wife and four children, after five bodies are found at the family home.
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'Spiderman' climbs again in Sydney

Monday, August 30th 2010, 13:14
related countries: Australia Australia
related places: Sydney

A French climber, known as 'Spiderman', is facing charges after scaling a 57-storey building in Australia.
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'Spiderman' scales world's tallest building

Monday, March 28th 2011, 23:11

Alain Robert, the French climber dubbed "Spiderman" for his feats, scales the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.
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'Still no motive' for Alps murder

Saturday, November 17th 2012, 5:03
related places: Annecy

The prosecutor probing the deaths of three members of a British family in the French Alps tells the BBC there is "still no motive" for the killings.
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'Superwoman' Dati riles French

Friday, January 9th 2009, 11:45

French Justice Minister Rachida Dati comes under fire for returning to work five days after giving birth to a baby girl.
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