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| Jan.14 |
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Sarkozy nod for presidential run
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| Jan.24 |
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Lebanon PM wins pledges of aid
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| Jan.25 |
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Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package 
Some donors hope it'sto help its government weather a growing threat from Hezbollah-led opponents
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| Feb.1 |
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Warming 'very likely' human-made Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climatic changes seen around the world are very likely to have a human cause
| Eiffel Tower darkened to call attention to climate change. The report slightly reduced projections on rising temperatures and sea levels by the year 2100
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| Feb.8 |
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Police probed in riot case |
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| Feb.11 |
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Royal unveils manifesto |
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| Feb.28 |
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Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs| CEO Louis Gallois announced the restructuring plan: 10,000 jobs cut over four years; 4,300 in France, 3,700 in Germany | |
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| Mar.11 |
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Chirac will not seek fresh term |
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| Mar.17 |
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Last minute try hands France crown |
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| Mar.21 |
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Chirac backs Sarkozy in poll race |
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| Apr.3 |
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French set new rail speed record |
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| Apr.5 |
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French aid workers missing |
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| Apr.9 |
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Nearly half of French voters undecided |
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| Apr.19 |
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France set for final poll rallies |
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| Apr.20 |
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Polls put Sarkozy in winners circle |
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French pause ahead of first round |
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| Apr.22 |
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Turnout soars in key vote
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Sarkozy, Royal in presidential runoff Right-wing candidate earned 30.46 percent of the votes, while Socialist rival won 24.41 percent. They will face a run-off on May 6
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| Apr.27 |
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Sarkozy in furore over axed debate |
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| Apr.28 |
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Taliban release French aid worker |
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| May.2 |
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Sarkozy, Royal spar in TV debate Socialist presidential candidate and her rightist rival exchanged verbal jabs during an ill-tempered televised debate
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| May.3 |
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Rivals dispute TV honours
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| May.4 |
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Sarkozy 'dangerous,' warns Royal
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| May.6 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election He won a clear victory over Segolene Royal, gaining 53% of the vote. President-elect has called for unity after a bitterly-contested campaign
| European leaders congratulated Sarkozy and hoped his triumph would help unblock reforms stalled by the rejection of the EU constitution. Bush telephoned and said he expected good relations with Sarkozy
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| May.7 |
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Sarkozy: I have mandate for change
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| May.11 |
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Taliban: Sarkozy pledge frees captive |
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| May.16 |
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Nicolas Sarkozy sworn in as new president The new president reached out to his political opponents in his inaugural speech, pledging to reunite the country
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| May.17 |
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Fillon appointed new French PM
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| May.18 |
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Sarkozy brings socialist to team |
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| May.27 |
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Romanian drama wins Cannes gold |
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| Jun.7 |
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Ivanovic routs Sharapova |
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| Jun.8 |
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Federer reaches French Open final |
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Nadal sets up classic French final |
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| Jun.9 |
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Henin seals French title hat-trick
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| Jun.10 |
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Nadal powers to third French title
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French voters back Sarkozy mandate
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| Jun.17 |
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Sarkozy's allies won majority in elections President's allies fell short of the predicted landslide after a row over a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes
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| Jun.18 |
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Sarkozy wins 'mandate for reform'
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| Jun.22 |
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Chirac spurns scandal questioning
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| Jul.6 |
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Bartoli stuns Henin to reach final |
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| Jul.8 |
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Sarkozy says 'No' to mass pardons |
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| Jul.10 |
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Cancellara lifts overall Tour lead |
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| Jul.14 |
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Gerdemann claims stage and yellow |
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| Jul.15 |
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Rasmussen surges to yellow jersey |
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| Jul.19 |
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Chirac faces scandal judge |
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| Jul.22 |
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Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims 
Pilgrims died when their coach crashed off a mountain road at an accident black spot in the Alps and burst into flames
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| Jul.23 |
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Vinokourov powers to 2nd stage victory |
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| Jul.24 |
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Tour rocked as Vino tests positive |
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| Jul.25 |
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Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links French President is travelling to Tripoli to meet Gaddafi, a day after the release of six foreign medics
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Leader Rasmussen kicked off Tour
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| Jul.26 |
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Sarkozy: Trust Arabs with nukes |
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Contador in yellow after stage 17 |
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| Jul.27 |
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Ex-PM Villepin faces formal inquiry |
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| Jul.29 |
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Contador seals Tour de France win
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| Aug.1 |
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France to sell anti-tank missiles to Libya |
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| Aug.9 |
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14 killed in French Polynesia air crash
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| Aug.11 |
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'Casual lunch' for Bush, Sarkozy
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| Aug.19 |
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French foreign minister in Iraq |
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| Aug.24 |
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Noriega can be extradited to France
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| Aug.28 |
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Judge agrees Noriega extradition |
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| Aug.30 |
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Brown and Sarkozy in Darfur vow |
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| Sep.1 |
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'Leading ETA bomb maker' arrested |
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| Sep.3 |
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First outing for faster Eurostar |
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| Sep.7 |
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Hosts France stunned by Argentina |
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| Sep.16 |
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France warning of war with Iran Foreign minister Kouchner says the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear program
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| Sep.17 |
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Iran scorns French warning of war
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| Sep.20 |
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Sarkozy: Toughen Iran sanctions
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| |
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Landis found guilty, loses '06 Tour title |
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| Sep.23 |
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Mime artist Marceau dies
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| Sep.26 |
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Marcel Marceau laid to rest |
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| Sep.28 |
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Quakes strike near New Caledonia |
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| Oct.6 |
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France shock favorites New Zealand |
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| Oct.7 |
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Gang punches hole in Monet work |
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| |
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Diana inquest heads to Paris
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| Oct.8 |
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Jury retraces Diana's fatal path| Jurors in a British inquest have begun tracing Princess' last moments before the car crash that killed her 10 years ago | |
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| Oct.13 |
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Wilkinson kicks England into final |
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| Oct.14 |
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South Africa gets to final over Argentina |
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| Oct.15 |
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Pereiro 'crowned' 2006 Tour champ |
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| Oct.17 |
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France wakes to transport strike |
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| Oct.18 |
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President and wife divorce
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| Oct.19 |
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Superb Argentina stun France again |
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| Oct.20 |
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South Africa win Rugby World Cup
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| Oct.24 |
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A380 makes first passenger flight |
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| Oct.25 |
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Witness: Diana spoke after crash |
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| Oct.28 |
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Chad 'kidnapping' angers Sarkozy |
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| Oct.29 |
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Prison 'likely' in child row |
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| Nov.4 |
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7 freed leave Chad with Sarkozy |
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| |
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In-form Nalbandian thrashes Nadal |
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| Nov.6 |
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Sarkozy begins visit
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| Nov.7 |
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Sarkozy applauded by US Congress French President has received a standing ovation from US lawmakers during an address to a joint session
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| Nov.13 |
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Transport workers on strike It's a second major showdown with President Sarkozy over his plan to reform pension
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| Nov.14 |
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Strike brings travel chaos | Transport and energy workers broadened a strike in protest against Sarkozy's pension reform. Rail services were disrupted and energy production re... | |
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| Nov.19 |
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France braced for huge new strike Millions of civil servants and students are being asked to join striking transport workers for a second week of industrial action
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| Nov.20 |
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Sarkozy defiant against strikers
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| |
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Talks to begin over strike |
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| Nov.21 |
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Transport 'sabotage' hits France Striking railway workers have carried out 'a coordinated campaign of sabotage' on the tracks of high-speed TGV rail network, setting fire to...
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| |
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Sarkozy vows to punish saboteurs
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| |
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Talks fail to end strike French commuters are facing a 9th day of travel chaos as a country-wide strike by transport workers continues
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| Nov.26 |
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Riots rock suburb for second night Club-wielding police fought stone-throwing rioters for a second night, with at least 5 officers suffering injuries during the clashes
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| Nov.27 |
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Rioters 'criminals' says PM |
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| Nov.30 |
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Chad rebels declare war on French |
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| Dec.2 |
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Italy has France, Dutch in Euro 2008 |
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| Dec.5 |
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Sarkozy urges Betancourt release French President has made a direct appeal to Colombian rebels to release long-held French-Colombian hostage
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| Dec.6 |
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One killed by parcel bomb A parcel bomb explosion has killed 1 person and injured at least 5 others at law offices in central Paris
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| |
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Farc welcomes Sarkozy hostage bid |
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| Dec.8 |
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French workers in Chad protest |
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| Dec.11 |
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Gadhafi visit sparks protests |
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| |
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4-goal Liverpool reach last 16 |
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| Dec.12 |
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Dubai court jails boy's HIV rapist |
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| Dec.16 |
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France to host Mid-East aid talks |
|
| Dec.17 |
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Donors pledge $7.4 billion Palestinian aid |
|
| Dec.19 |
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FARC offered French home deal |
|
| Dec.20 |
|
French six due for trial in Chad |
|
| Dec.21 |
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Diana driver 'drunk, walking like a clown' |
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| Dec.22 |
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Kidnapped French journalist 'okay' |
|
| Dec.26 |
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Court jails French aid staff A court has sentenced 6 aid workers to 8 years of hard labour for trying to take more than 100 children out of the country
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| Dec.27 |
|
France seeks return of kidnappers
|
| Dec.28 |
|
French aid workers leave Chad 6 charity workers sentenced in Chad to 8 years of hard labor for trying to kidnap children were on their way back to France
|
| Dec.30 |
|
France to halt links with Syria |
|
| Dec.31 |
|
France faces end of coffee and cigarettes |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| May.11 |
Taliban: Sarkozy pledge frees captive |
|
| Aug.1 |
France to sell anti-tank missiles to Libya |
|
| Sep.16 |
France warning of war with Iran Foreign minister Kouchner says the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear program
|
| Nov.30 |
Chad rebels declare war on French |
|
| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release French President has made a direct appeal to Colombian rebels to release long-held French-Colombian hostage
|
| Dec.6 |
Farc welcomes Sarkozy hostage bid |
|
| Dec.19 |
FARC offered French home deal |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Feb.1 |
Warming 'very likely' human-made Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Climatic changes seen around the world are very likely to have a human cause
| Eiffel Tower darkened to call attention to climate change. The report slightly reduced projections on rising temperatures and sea levels by the year 2100
|
| | |
|
| Apr.5 |
French aid workers missing |
|
| Jul.22 |
Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims Pilgrims died when their coach crashed off a mountain road at an accident black spot in the Alps and burst into flames
|
| Aug.9 |
14 killed in French Polynesia air crash
|
| Sep.28 |
Quakes strike near New Caledonia |
|
| Oct.25 |
Witness: Diana spoke after crash |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Mar.17 |
Last minute try hands France crown |
|
| Jun.7 |
Ivanovic routs Sharapova |
|
| Jun.8 |
Federer reaches French Open final |
|
| Jun.8 |
Nadal sets up classic French final |
|
| Jun.9 |
Henin seals French title hat-trick
|
| Jun.10 |
Nadal powers to third French title
|
| Jul.6 |
Bartoli stuns Henin to reach final |
|
| Jul.10 |
Cancellara lifts overall Tour lead |
|
| Jul.14 |
Gerdemann claims stage and yellow |
|
| Jul.15 |
Rasmussen surges to yellow jersey |
|
| Jul.23 |
Vinokourov powers to 2nd stage victory |
|
| Jul.24 |
Tour rocked as Vino tests positive |
|
| Jul.25 |
Leader Rasmussen kicked off Tour
|
| Jul.26 |
Contador in yellow after stage 17 |
|
| Jul.29 |
Contador seals Tour de France win
|
| Sep.7 |
Hosts France stunned by Argentina |
|
| Sep.20 |
Landis found guilty, loses '06 Tour title |
|
| Oct.6 |
France shock favorites New Zealand |
|
| Oct.13 |
Wilkinson kicks England into final |
|
| Oct.14 |
South Africa gets to final over Argentina |
|
| Oct.15 |
Pereiro 'crowned' 2006 Tour champ |
|
| Oct.19 |
Superb Argentina stun France again |
|
| Oct.20 |
South Africa win Rugby World Cup
|
| Nov.4 |
In-form Nalbandian thrashes Nadal |
|
| Dec.2 |
Italy has France, Dutch in Euro 2008 |
|
| Dec.11 |
4-goal Liverpool reach last 16 |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Feb.28 |
Airbus to cut 10,000 jobs| CEO Louis Gallois announced the restructuring plan: 10,000 jobs cut over four years; 4,300 in France, 3,700 in Germany | |
|
| Apr.3 |
French set new rail speed record |
|
| May.27 |
Romanian drama wins Cannes gold |
|
| Sep.3 |
First outing for faster Eurostar |
|
| Sep.23 |
Mime artist Marceau dies
|
| Sep.26 |
Marcel Marceau laid to rest |
|
| Oct.7 |
Gang punches hole in Monet work |
|
| Oct.17 |
France wakes to transport strike |
|
| Oct.24 |
A380 makes first passenger flight |
|
| Nov.13 |
Transport workers on strike It's a second major showdown with President Sarkozy over his plan to reform pension
|
| Nov.14 |
Strike brings travel chaos | Transport and energy workers broadened a strike in protest against Sarkozy's pension reform. Rail services were disrupted and energy production re... | |
|
| Nov.19 |
France braced for huge new strike Millions of civil servants and students are being asked to join striking transport workers for a second week of industrial action
|
| Nov.20 |
Sarkozy defiant against strikers
|
| Nov.20 |
Talks to begin over strike |
|
| Nov.21 |
Transport 'sabotage' hits France Striking railway workers have carried out 'a coordinated campaign of sabotage' on the tracks of high-speed TGV rail network, setting fire to...
|
| Nov.21 |
Talks fail to end strike French commuters are facing a 9th day of travel chaos as a country-wide strike by transport workers continues
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Feb.8 |
Police probed in riot case |
|
| Apr.28 |
Taliban release French aid worker |
|
| May.11 |
Taliban: Sarkozy pledge frees captive |
|
| Jun.22 |
Chirac spurns scandal questioning
|
| Jul.8 |
Sarkozy says 'No' to mass pardons |
|
| Jul.19 |
Chirac faces scandal judge |
|
| Jul.27 |
Ex-PM Villepin faces formal inquiry |
|
| Aug.24 |
Noriega can be extradited to France
|
| Aug.28 |
Judge agrees Noriega extradition |
|
| Sep.1 |
'Leading ETA bomb maker' arrested |
|
| Oct.7 |
Gang punches hole in Monet work |
|
| Oct.7 |
Diana inquest heads to Paris
|
| Oct.8 |
Jury retraces Diana's fatal path| Jurors in a British inquest have begun tracing Princess' last moments before the car crash that killed her 10 years ago | |
|
| Oct.28 |
Chad 'kidnapping' angers Sarkozy |
|
| Oct.29 |
Prison 'likely' in child row |
|
| Nov.21 |
Transport 'sabotage' hits France Striking railway workers have carried out 'a coordinated campaign of sabotage' on the tracks of high-speed TGV rail network, setting fire to...
|
| Nov.26 |
Riots rock suburb for second night Club-wielding police fought stone-throwing rioters for a second night, with at least 5 officers suffering injuries during the clashes
|
| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release French President has made a direct appeal to Colombian rebels to release long-held French-Colombian hostage
|
| Dec.6 |
One killed by parcel bomb A parcel bomb explosion has killed 1 person and injured at least 5 others at law offices in central Paris
|
| Dec.8 |
French workers in Chad protest |
|
| Dec.12 |
Dubai court jails boy's HIV rapist |
|
| Dec.20 |
French six due for trial in Chad |
|
| Dec.22 |
Kidnapped French journalist 'okay' |
|
| Dec.26 |
Court jails French aid staff A court has sentenced 6 aid workers to 8 years of hard labour for trying to take more than 100 children out of the country
|
| Dec.27 |
France seeks return of kidnappers
|
| Dec.28 |
French aid workers leave Chad 6 charity workers sentenced in Chad to 8 years of hard labor for trying to kidnap children were on their way back to France
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| Jan.14 |
Sarkozy nod for presidential run
|
| Jan.24 |
Lebanon PM wins pledges of aid
|
| Jan.25 |
Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package Some donors hope it'sto help its government weather a growing threat from Hezbollah-led opponents
|
| Feb.11 |
Royal unveils manifesto |
|
| Mar.11 |
Chirac will not seek fresh term |
|
| Mar.21 |
Chirac backs Sarkozy in poll race |
|
| Apr.9 |
Nearly half of French voters undecided |
|
| Apr.19 |
France set for final poll rallies |
|
| Apr.20 |
Polls put Sarkozy in winners circle |
|
| Apr.20 |
French pause ahead of first round |
|
| Apr.22 |
Turnout soars in key vote
|
| Apr.22 |
Sarkozy, Royal in presidential runoff Right-wing candidate earned 30.46 percent of the votes, while Socialist rival won 24.41 percent. They will face a run-off on May 6
|
| Apr.27 |
Sarkozy in furore over axed debate |
|
| May.2 |
Sarkozy, Royal spar in TV debate Socialist presidential candidate and her rightist rival exchanged verbal jabs during an ill-tempered televised debate
|
| May.3 |
Rivals dispute TV honours
|
| May.4 |
Sarkozy 'dangerous,' warns Royal
|
| May.6 |
Nicolas Sarkozy wins presidential election He won a clear victory over Segolene Royal, gaining 53% of the vote. President-elect has called for unity after a bitterly-contested campaign
| European leaders congratulated Sarkozy and hoped his triumph would help unblock reforms stalled by the rejection of the EU constitution. Bush telephoned and said he expected good relations with Sarkozy
|
| | |
|
| May.7 |
Sarkozy: I have mandate for change
|
| May.16 |
Nicolas Sarkozy sworn in as new president The new president reached out to his political opponents in his inaugural speech, pledging to reunite the country
|
| May.17 |
Fillon appointed new French PM
|
| May.18 |
Sarkozy brings socialist to team |
|
| Jun.10 |
French voters back Sarkozy mandate
|
| Jun.17 |
Sarkozy's allies won majority in elections President's allies fell short of the predicted landslide after a row over a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes
|
| Jun.18 |
Sarkozy wins 'mandate for reform'
|
| Jul.8 |
Sarkozy says 'No' to mass pardons |
|
| Jul.19 |
Chirac faces scandal judge |
|
| Jul.22 |
Bus crash kills 26 Polish pilgrims Pilgrims died when their coach crashed off a mountain road at an accident black spot in the Alps and burst into flames
|
| Jul.25 |
Sarkozy to boost EU-Libya links French President is travelling to Tripoli to meet Gaddafi, a day after the release of six foreign medics
|
| Jul.26 |
Sarkozy: Trust Arabs with nukes |
|
| Jul.27 |
Ex-PM Villepin faces formal inquiry |
|
| Aug.1 |
France to sell anti-tank missiles to Libya |
|
| Aug.11 |
'Casual lunch' for Bush, Sarkozy
|
| Aug.19 |
French foreign minister in Iraq |
|
| Aug.30 |
Brown and Sarkozy in Darfur vow |
|
| Sep.16 |
France warning of war with Iran Foreign minister Kouchner says the world should prepare for war over Iran's nuclear program
|
| Sep.17 |
Iran scorns French warning of war
|
| Sep.20 |
Sarkozy: Toughen Iran sanctions
|
| Oct.18 |
President and wife divorce
|
| Nov.4 |
7 freed leave Chad with Sarkozy |
|
| Nov.6 |
Sarkozy begins visit
|
| Nov.7 |
Sarkozy applauded by US Congress French President has received a standing ovation from US lawmakers during an address to a joint session
|
| Nov.19 |
France braced for huge new strike Millions of civil servants and students are being asked to join striking transport workers for a second week of industrial action
|
| Nov.20 |
Sarkozy defiant against strikers
|
| Nov.20 |
Talks to begin over strike |
|
| Nov.21 |
Sarkozy vows to punish saboteurs
|
| Nov.21 |
Talks fail to end strike French commuters are facing a 9th day of travel chaos as a country-wide strike by transport workers continues
|
| Nov.27 |
Rioters 'criminals' says PM |
|
| Dec.5 |
Sarkozy urges Betancourt release French President has made a direct appeal to Colombian rebels to release long-held French-Colombian hostage
|
| Dec.8 |
French workers in Chad protest |
|
| Dec.11 |
Gadhafi visit sparks protests |
|
| Dec.16 |
France to host Mid-East aid talks |
|
| Dec.17 |
Donors pledge $7.4 billion Palestinian aid |
|
| Dec.21 |
Diana driver 'drunk, walking like a clown' |
|
| Dec.22 |
Kidnapped French journalist 'okay' |
|
| Dec.30 |
France to halt links with Syria |
|
| Dec.31 |
France faces end of coffee and cigarettes |
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