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Sarkozy: France's ex-president to face corruption trial
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Sarkozy charged in connection with alleged Libyan funding Former French President was placed under formal investigation over allegations in his 2007 presidential campaign
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Paris attack: Man held after car rams into soldiers |
| Jun.19 |
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Champs-Elysees attack car 'had guns and gas'
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Macron condemns 'massive' hacking attack. France
| Apr.20 |
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Gunman shot dead policeman in Paris
The gunman who shot dead a policeman in Paris on Thursday has been identified from papers left in his car as 39-year-old lived in the city's...
| Mar.28 |
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Fillon's wife Penelope under formal investigation |
| Mar.18 |
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Orly airport: France launches terror investigation
| Mar.7 |
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Rhinoceros shot, killed for horn at French zoo
| Feb.3 |
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Louvre attack: Egyptian man, 29, believed to be assailant
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| Nov.12 |
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French PM Manuel Valls to extend state of emergency |
| Oct.2 |
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Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris hotel room |
| Jun.14 |
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French jihadist police killer 'obeyed ISIS order' |
| Jun.13 |
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French police chief's killer 'claimed allegiance to IS'
| May.15 |
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French female ministers decry sexual harassment
| Apr.8 |
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Paris attacks: Key suspect Abrini arrested in Brussels
The key remaining suspect in November's Paris terror attacks, Mohamed Abrini, has been arrested in Belgium, prosecutors confirmed
| Apr.6 |
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France prostitution: MPs outlaw paying for sex |
| Apr.1 |
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Salah Abdeslam 'refused to blow himself up' |
| Mar.25 |
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Brussels attacks: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam goes silent |
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Brussels attacks: Suspect's DNA at Paris attack sites |
| Mar.21 |
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Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'worth his weight in gold' |
| Mar.19 |
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Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'changed suicide bomb plan' |
| Mar.18 |
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Brussels raids: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam arrested
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded and arrested in a dramatic raid in Brussels after four months on the run
| Mar.17 |
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France re-enacts deadly Paris attacks to understand operation |
| Mar.15 |
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Brussels raid: High alert after Paris-linked raid |
| Jan.7 |
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Charlie Hebdo anniversary: Paris police shoot man dead
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| Dec.29 |
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Paris attacks: IS commanders 'killed in US-led strikes' |
| Nov.23 |
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Suicide vest found in Paris raises possible link to suspect
| Nov.22 |
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Belgian police arrest 16 in anti-terror raids
Brussels: 22 raids were carried out on Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi. Suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large
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Terror attacks: Belgium 'looking for several suspects' |
| Nov.21 |
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Brussels shutdown as manhunt for Paris fugitive continues
Central Brussels is almost empty after restaurants and bars shut early amid fears of a Paris-style attack, hours after Belgium raised its terror...
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Brussels terror alert based on fears of 'Paris-style attack' |
| Nov.19 |
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France calls on EU to 'wake up' to threat |
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Paris attacks: 'Ringleader' Abdelhamid Abaaoud killed in raid
The Islamic State (IS) militant had died in a flat in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis. His body was found riddled with bullets and shrapnel in...
| Nov.18 |
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Paris attacks 'ringleader' Abaaoud fate unknown - Molins |
| Nov.17 |
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Paris attacks: Police swoop on apartment in northern suburb
Armed police are raiding a flat in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis in an operation believed linked to last Friday's attacks
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Paris attacks: Video 'shows ninth attacker' |
| Nov.16 |
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Paris attacks: IS are 'psychopathic monsters', says Kerry |
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Paris attacks: 'France will destroy IS' - Hollande
| Nov.15 |
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Paris attacks: Manhunt launched for the suspect
| Nov.14 |
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Paris attacks: Omar Ismail Mostefai identified as assailant |
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Paris attacks: Prosecutor Molins says 3 teams involved |
| Nov.13 |
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Paris attacks: 120 dead and hostages held at Bataclan
Map of Bataclan France France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders after at least 60 people were killed in multiple gun and bomb attacks
At least 15 people were killed near the arts centre, where up to 60 people are being held hostage. Police storm the venue. 3 people were killed in an attack near the Stade de France
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| Aug.28 |
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Train attack: Talks in Paris to debate security |
| Aug.23 |
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France train shooting: Police question suspect |
| Jan.17 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Niger protesters set churches on fire
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Gunman Said Kouachi given unmarked grave |
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Belgium deploys troops following anti-terror raids |
| Jan.11 |
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Charlie Hebdo: Vast Paris rally for France unity
Map of Place de la Nation Paris France More than 40 world leaders joined the start of the march, linking arms in an act of solidarity. 'Paris is the capital of the world today,' Hollande said
| Jan.10 |
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Paris tightens security after attacks |
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France attacks: Huge marches for victims |
| Jan.9 |
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Hunt for French terror accomplices
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Charlie Hebdo hunt: Bloody end to sieges
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Al Qaeda rep says group directed Paris magazine attack. Yemen
| Jan.8 |
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Manhunt for gunmen enters third day |
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French hunt focuses north of Paris |
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Paris suspects 'rob service station'. France
| Jan.7 |
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French police name Charlie Hebdo attack suspects |
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Gunmen shot dead 12 people at satirical magazine
Map of 10 rue Nicolas-Appert 11th arrondissement of Paris France Eight journalists and two policemen were among the dead. Police issued photos of two suspects, describing them as 'armed and dangerous'
3 masked gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles, a shotgun, and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher stormed the headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo. They killed 12 people, including Charlie Hebdo staff and two French National police officers, and wounded 11 others
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| Nov.17 |
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Frenchman is part of ISIS beheading video |
| Jul.1 |
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Sarkozy placed under investigation |
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Sarkozy held over influence claims
French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over alleged influence peddling
| May.17 |
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Leaders declare 'war' on Boko Haram
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| Nov.20 |
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Arrested Paris gun suspect named |
| Nov.18 |
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Manhunt after gun attacks in Paris |
| Oct.21 |
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French fury over US spying claims
| May.25 |
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French soldier stabbed near Paris |
| Jan.12 |
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Kurds rally in Paris over murder of 3 |
| Jan.10 |
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3 Kurdish women shot dead in Paris The apparent assassination of three women political activists in central Paris, all shot in the head, has provoked shock among the Kurdish community
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| Aug.28 |
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French prosecutors launch murder inquiry in Arafat's death |
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| Dec.15 |
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Chirac found guilty on corruption charges
| Oct.13 |
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Strauss-Kahn sex case is dropped
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| Oct.28 |
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Bin Laden tape authentic, French say |
| Sep.14 |
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Eiffel Tower evacuated after threat |
| Feb.16 |
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Landis accused of hacking in warrant |
| Feb.1 |
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Concorde crash trial set to begin |
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| Oct.8 |
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Minister won't resign over sex with 'boys' |
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Culture minister admits sex with 'boys'
| May.30 |
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Gunman makes off with millions in jewels |
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| Apr.7 |
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Princess Diana 'unlawfully killed'. London
| Mar.12 |
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Second SocGen employee detained |
| Jan.28 |
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Trader 'concealed deals' |
| Jan.27 |
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Trader 'staked 50bn euros' |
| Jan.26 |
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Police quiz accused 'rogue trader' |
| Jan.24 |
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Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros
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| Dec.27 |
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France seeks return of kidnappers |
| Dec.6 |
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One killed by parcel bomb |
| Dec.5 |
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Sarkozy urges Betancourt release |
| Nov.26 |
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Riots rock suburb for second night |
| Oct.7 |
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Diana inquest heads to Paris |
| Jun.22 |
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Chirac spurns scandal questioning |
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| Dec.8 |
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Tests 'prove' Diana driver drunk |
| Nov.23 |
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France issues Rwanda warrants |
| Mar.18 |
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Labor law protests turn violent
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| Nov.11 |
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Paris bans weekend gatherings |
| Nov.8 |
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Anti-riot powers extended |
| Nov.7 |
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Riots claim first victim |
| Nov.6 |
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Police shot by rioting mob |
| Nov.5 |
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Riots rage a 10th angry night
| Nov.3 |
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Rioters shoot at police |
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Gunfire as riots intensify |
| Nov.2 |
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Seventh night of violence |
| Nov.1 |
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Sixth night of riots |
| Oct.26 |
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Boys' electrocution starts riots
Map of Clichy-sous-Bois France Reports say the boys were trying to evade police in Clichy-sous-Bois. The crowds blamed police for the deaths of the 2 boys
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| Jan.30 |
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Ex-Prime Minister guilty of corruption |
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| Mar.20 |
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Deadly ricin at rail station |
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| Dec.29 |
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Weapons find sparks Paris airport arrest |
| Oct.5 |
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Paris mayor stabbed
| Jul.14 |
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Chirac gunman 'is neo-Nazi'
| Mar.26 |
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8 dead in shooting |
before year 2000
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Maximilien Mavie Isidore Robespierre guillotined
Map of Place de la R%E9volution Paris France Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution
| Jul. 13, 1793 |
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Charlotte Corday murders Jean Marat She was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Marat, who was in part responsible for the more radical course
| Jun. 23, 1793 |
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Reign of Terror begins in France Incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of 'enemies of the revolution' | |
| Oct. 16, 1793 |
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Marie Antoinette guillotined Born an Archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792
| Jan. 21, 1793 |
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Louis XVI guillotined
Map of Place de la R%E9volution Paris France He was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by as a desacralized French citizen known as 'Citizen Louis Capet' | |
| May. 14, 1610 |
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Henry IV of France assassinated
King was assassinated in Paris on 14 May 1610 by a Catholic fanatic, François Ravaillac, who stabbed the king to death in the Rue de la Ferr...
| Dec. 23, 1588 |
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Murder of Henry, Duke of Guise A key figure in the French Wars of Religion, a powerful opponent of the Catherine de' Medici, he was assassinated by the bodyguards of Henry...
| Aug. 23, 1572 |
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St. Bartholomew's massacre of Huguenots The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Catholic mob violence. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the mass... | |
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2018 |
| Mar.21 |
Sarkozy charged in connection with alleged Libyan funding Former French President was placed under formal investigation over allegations in his 2007 presidential campaign
2017 |
| Mar.28 |
Fillon's wife Penelope under formal investigation |
2008 |
| Jan.28 |
Trader 'concealed deals' |
| Jan.27 |
Trader 'staked 50bn euros' |
| Jan.24 |
Rogue trader to cost SocGen $7bn
Bank Societe Generale as uncovered 'massive' fraud by a trader which resulted in a loss of 4.9bn euros
2004 |
| Jan.30 |
Ex-Prime Minister guilty of corruption |
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2008 |
| Apr.7 |
Princess Diana 'unlawfully killed'. London
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2015 |
| Jan.17 |
Charlie Hebdo: Niger protesters set churches on fire
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2010 |
| Sep.14 |
Eiffel Tower evacuated after threat |
2007 |
| Dec.6 |
One killed by parcel bomb |
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2018 |
| Mar.29 |
Sarkozy: France's ex-president to face corruption trial
2011 |
| Dec.15 |
Chirac found guilty on corruption charges
| Oct.13 |
Strauss-Kahn sex case is dropped
2010 |
| Feb.16 |
Landis accused of hacking in warrant |
| Feb.1 |
Concorde crash trial set to begin |
2007 |
| Dec.27 |
France seeks return of kidnappers |
2006 |
| Nov.23 |
France issues Rwanda warrants |
1890 |
| Jul. 28, 1794 |
Maximilien Mavie Isidore Robespierre guillotined
Map of Place de la R%E9volution Paris France Robespierre was a French lawyer and politician, and one of the best-known and most influential figures of the French Revolution
| Oct. 16, 1793 |
Marie Antoinette guillotined Born an Archduchess of Austria, was Dauphine of France from 1770 to 1774 and Queen of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1792
| Jan. 21, 1793 |
Louis XVI guillotined
Map of Place de la R%E9volution Paris France He was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of high treason, and executed by as a desacralized French citizen known as 'Citizen Louis Capet' | |
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2015 |
| Jan.9 |
Charlie Hebdo hunt: Bloody end to sieges
2013 |
| Jan.12 |
Kurds rally in Paris over murder of 3 |
| Jan.10 |
3 Kurdish women shot dead in Paris The apparent assassination of three women political activists in central Paris, all shot in the head, has provoked shock among the Kurdish community
2002 |
| Mar.26 |
8 dead in shooting |
1868 |
| Aug. 23, 1572 |
St. Bartholomew's massacre of Huguenots The St. Bartholomew's Day massacre was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Catholic mob violence. Traditionally believed to have been instigated by Catherine de' Medici, the mother of King Charles IX, the mass... | |
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2007 |
| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release |
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2017 |
| May.5 |
Macron condemns 'massive' hacking attack. France
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2007 |
| Nov.26 |
Riots rock suburb for second night |
2006 |
| Mar.18 |
Labor law protests turn violent
2005 |
| Nov.8 |
Anti-riot powers extended |
| Nov.7 |
Riots claim first victim |
| Nov.5 |
Riots rage a 10th angry night
| Nov.3 |
Rioters shoot at police |
| Nov.3 |
Gunfire as riots intensify |
| Nov.2 |
Seventh night of violence |
| Nov.1 |
Sixth night of riots |
| Oct.26 |
Boys' electrocution starts riots
Map of Clichy-sous-Bois France Reports say the boys were trying to evade police in Clichy-sous-Bois. The crowds blamed police for the deaths of the 2 boys
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2009 |
| May.30 |
Gunman makes off with millions in jewels |
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2016 |
| Mar.21 |
Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'worth his weight in gold' |
| Mar.17 |
France re-enacts deadly Paris attacks to understand operation |
2015 |
| Nov.22 |
Terror attacks: Belgium 'looking for several suspects' |
| Nov.21 |
Brussels shutdown as manhunt for Paris fugitive continues
Central Brussels is almost empty after restaurants and bars shut early amid fears of a Paris-style attack, hours after Belgium raised its terror...
| Nov.17 |
Paris attacks: Video 'shows ninth attacker' |
| Nov.15 |
Paris attacks: Manhunt launched for the suspect
| Nov.14 |
Paris attacks: Omar Ismail Mostefai identified as assailant |
| Aug.23 |
France train shooting: Police question suspect |
| Jan.9 |
Hunt for French terror accomplices
| Jan.8 |
Manhunt for gunmen enters third day |
| Jan.8 |
French hunt focuses north of Paris |
| Jan.7 |
French police name Charlie Hebdo attack suspects |
2014 |
| Jul.1 |
Sarkozy placed under investigation |
2012 |
| Aug.28 |
French prosecutors launch murder inquiry in Arafat's death |
2008 |
| Jan.26 |
Police quiz accused 'rogue trader' |
2007 |
| Oct.7 |
Diana inquest heads to Paris |
| Jun.22 |
Chirac spurns scandal questioning |
2006 |
| Dec.8 |
Tests 'prove' Diana driver drunk |
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2016 |
| Apr.8 |
Paris attacks: Key suspect Abrini arrested in Brussels
The key remaining suspect in November's Paris terror attacks, Mohamed Abrini, has been arrested in Belgium, prosecutors confirmed
2015 |
| Nov.22 |
Belgian police arrest 16 in anti-terror raids
Brussels: 22 raids were carried out on Sunday across Brussels and Charleroi. Suspected Paris attacks gunman Salah Abdeslam remains at large
2014 |
| Jul.1 |
Sarkozy held over influence claims
French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained for questioning over alleged influence peddling
2013 |
| Nov.20 |
Arrested Paris gun suspect named |
2008 |
| Mar.12 |
Second SocGen employee detained |
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2013 |
| May.25 |
French soldier stabbed near Paris |
2002 |
| Oct.5 |
Paris mayor stabbed
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2016 |
| Jun.13 |
French police chief's killer 'claimed allegiance to IS'
2002 |
| Jul.14 |
Chirac gunman 'is neo-Nazi'
1890 |
| Jul. 13, 1793 |
Charlotte Corday murders Jean Marat She was executed under the guillotine for the assassination of Marat, who was in part responsible for the more radical course
1871 |
| May. 14, 1610 |
Henry IV of France assassinated
King was assassinated in Paris on 14 May 1610 by a Catholic fanatic, François Ravaillac, who stabbed the king to death in the Rue de la Ferr...
1869 |
| Dec. 23, 1588 |
Murder of Henry, Duke of Guise A key figure in the French Wars of Religion, a powerful opponent of the Catherine de' Medici, he was assassinated by the bodyguards of Henry...
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2017 |
| Mar.7 |
Rhinoceros shot, killed for horn at French zoo
2016 |
| Jan.7 |
Charlie Hebdo anniversary: Paris police shoot man dead
2015 |
| Jan.7 |
Gunmen shot dead 12 people at satirical magazine
Map of 10 rue Nicolas-Appert 11th arrondissement of Paris France Eight journalists and two policemen were among the dead. Police issued photos of two suspects, describing them as 'armed and dangerous'
3 masked gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles, a shotgun, and a rocket-propelled grenade launcher stormed the headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo. They killed 12 people, including Charlie Hebdo staff and two French National police officers, and wounded 11 others
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2013 |
| Nov.18 |
Manhunt after gun attacks in Paris |
2005 |
| Nov.6 |
Police shot by rioting mob |
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2003 |
| Mar.20 |
Deadly ricin at rail station |
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2016 |
| Oct.2 |
Kim Kardashian held at gunpoint in Paris hotel room |
2015 |
| Jan.8 |
Paris suspects 'rob service station'. France
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2017 |
| Aug.9 |
Paris attack: Man held after car rams into soldiers |
| Jun.19 |
Champs-Elysees attack car 'had guns and gas'
| Apr.20 |
Gunman shot dead policeman in Paris
The gunman who shot dead a policeman in Paris on Thursday has been identified from papers left in his car as 39-year-old lived in the city's...
| Mar.18 |
Orly airport: France launches terror investigation
| Feb.3 |
Louvre attack: Egyptian man, 29, believed to be assailant
2016 |
| Nov.12 |
French PM Manuel Valls to extend state of emergency |
| Jun.14 |
French jihadist police killer 'obeyed ISIS order' |
| Apr.1 |
Salah Abdeslam 'refused to blow himself up' |
| Mar.25 |
Brussels attacks: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam goes silent |
| Mar.25 |
Brussels attacks: Suspect's DNA at Paris attack sites |
| Mar.19 |
Paris attacks: Salah Abdeslam 'changed suicide bomb plan' |
| Mar.18 |
Brussels raids: Paris attack suspect Abdeslam arrested
Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded and arrested in a dramatic raid in Brussels after four months on the run
| Mar.15 |
Brussels raid: High alert after Paris-linked raid |
2015 |
| Dec.29 |
Paris attacks: IS commanders 'killed in US-led strikes' |
| Nov.23 |
Suicide vest found in Paris raises possible link to suspect
| Nov.21 |
Brussels terror alert based on fears of 'Paris-style attack' |
| Nov.19 |
France calls on EU to 'wake up' to threat |
| Nov.19 |
Paris attacks: 'Ringleader' Abdelhamid Abaaoud killed in raid
The Islamic State (IS) militant had died in a flat in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis. His body was found riddled with bullets and shrapnel in...
| Nov.18 |
Paris attacks 'ringleader' Abaaoud fate unknown - Molins |
| Nov.17 |
Paris attacks: Police swoop on apartment in northern suburb
Armed police are raiding a flat in the northern Paris suburb of Saint Denis in an operation believed linked to last Friday's attacks
| Nov.16 |
Paris attacks: IS are 'psychopathic monsters', says Kerry |
| Nov.16 |
Paris attacks: 'France will destroy IS' - Hollande
| Nov.14 |
Paris attacks: Prosecutor Molins says 3 teams involved |
| Nov.13 |
Paris attacks: 120 dead and hostages held at Bataclan
Map of Bataclan France France has declared a national state of emergency and has closed its borders after at least 60 people were killed in multiple gun and bomb attacks
At least 15 people were killed near the arts centre, where up to 60 people are being held hostage. Police storm the venue. 3 people were killed in an attack near the Stade de France
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| |
| Aug.28 |
Train attack: Talks in Paris to debate security |
| Jan.17 |
Gunman Said Kouachi given unmarked grave |
| Jan.17 |
Belgium deploys troops following anti-terror raids |
| Jan.11 |
Charlie Hebdo: Vast Paris rally for France unity
Map of Place de la Nation Paris France More than 40 world leaders joined the start of the march, linking arms in an act of solidarity. 'Paris is the capital of the world today,' Hollande said
| Jan.10 |
Paris tightens security after attacks |
| Jan.10 |
France attacks: Huge marches for victims |
| Jan.9 |
Al Qaeda rep says group directed Paris magazine attack. Yemen
2014 |
| Nov.17 |
Frenchman is part of ISIS beheading video |
| May.17 |
Leaders declare 'war' on Boko Haram
2010 |
| Oct.28 |
Bin Laden tape authentic, French say |
2002 |
| Dec.29 |
Weapons find sparks Paris airport arrest |
1890 |
| Jun. 23, 1793 |
Reign of Terror begins in France Incited by conflict between the Girondins and the Jacobins, and marked by mass executions of 'enemies of the revolution' | |
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2013 |
| Oct.21 |
French fury over US spying claims
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2016 |
| May.15 |
French female ministers decry sexual harassment
| Apr.6 |
France prostitution: MPs outlaw paying for sex |
2009 |
| Oct.8 |
Minister won't resign over sex with 'boys' |
| Oct.8 |
Culture minister admits sex with 'boys'