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| Jan.26 |
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Lawmakers move toward partial burqa ban |
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| Jan.28 |
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No more combat troops to Afghanistan |
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| Jan.30 |
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Unknown WWI soldier buried in France |
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| Feb.1 |
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DNA may ID bodies from WWI mass grave |
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Concorde crash trial set to begin
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| Feb.8 |
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West pushes for sanctions against Iran |
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| Feb.11 |
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French finance minister defends euro |
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| Feb.14 |
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Olympics: Double gold for France |
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| Feb.16 |
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Landis accused of hacking in warrant
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| Feb.17 |
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Wine producers guilty of US scandal |
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| |
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Air France probe narrows search area |
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| Feb.23 |
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French air traffic controllers went on strike |
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| Feb.28 |
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Storm batters Europe, at least 51 dead A winter storm named 'Xynthia' battered the western coast of Europe, its high winds downing trees and power lines
| Forty of the victims died in western France, where many drowned or were hit by parts of buildings or falling trees
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France declares storms 'national disaster'
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| Mar.5 |
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French team destroys pirate boats 28 pirates were taken into custody by the European Union Naval Force after a handful of failed attacks on fishing vessels in the Indian Ocea...
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| Mar.10 |
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Madrid crash out after Lyon claim draw |
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| Mar.14 |
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Sarkozy party trails in French vote |
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| Mar.17 |
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Sahil Saeed freed after cash paid in Paris |
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| Mar.21 |
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Sarkozy's party loses regional election |
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| Apr.26 |
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Noriega extradited to France 
| Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was put on a plane to France after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed extradition orders | |
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| May.5 |
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Marseille win French title |
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| May.6 |
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Searchers zero in on Air France wreckage
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| May.12 |
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Robin Hood launches Cannes Film Festival |
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| May.15 |
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French academic headed home from Iran
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| May.20 |
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Sarkozy agrees with Merkel on finance |
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| May.23 |
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Thai film pulls off Cannes shock |
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| May.27 |
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Roddick survives 'brutal' day |
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| May.28 |
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Football: France will stage Euro 2016
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| |
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Sharapova, Henin easily advance |
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| |
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Holder Kuznetsova goes out |
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| May.29 |
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Nadal battles past Hewitt |
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| May.30 |
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Venus Williams upset by Petrova |
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| May.31 |
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Henin crashes out to Stosur |
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| Jun.1 |
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Soderling ends Federer reign
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| Jun.2 |
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Nadal beats Almagro to reach semis |
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| Jun.4 |
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Nadal to play Soderling in Open final
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| Jun.6 |
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Nadal wins fifth French Open Rafael Nadal blew Robin Soderling away to regain his French Open crown and reclaim his status as the game's number one ranked player
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| |
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Italian makes history in Paris
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| Jun.7 |
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French trader Kerviel faces court |
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| Jun.11 |
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France and Uruguay goalless |
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| Jun.17 |
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Mexico sink sorry French
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| Jun.19 |
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Anelka sent home for coach insult |
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| Jun.20 |
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French football turmoil after row
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| Jun.22 |
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France's nightmare ends, hosts fall short
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| Jun.28 |
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France soccer head resigns |
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| Jul.1 |
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Tour de France dope test 'flawed' |
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| Jul.8 |
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Cavendish wins Tour Stage 5 |
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| Jul.10 |
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France stun holders Spain in Davis Cup |
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| Jul.12 |
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Sarkozy rejects donation claims |
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| Jul.14 |
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Red Bulls sign Henry |
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| Jul.17 |
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Grenoble rioters shoot at police 
Rioters have fired shots and burned cars after police shot dead a man accused of robbing a local casino
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| |
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Vinokourov wins stage; Schleck still leads |
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| |
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Order pledge after Grenoble riots |
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| Jul.19 |
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Contador seizes yellow jersey |
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| Jul.20 |
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Soccer stars quizzed over prostitution ring |
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| Jul.22 |
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Schleck and Contador cross line together |
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| Jul.23 |
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Entire France soccer squad suspended
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| Jul.24 |
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Contador extends Tour lead |
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| Jul.25 |
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Contador claims third Tour de France title Alberto Contador was crowned champion for the third time as Mark Cavendish won the final stage of cycling's premier event
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| |
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Armstrong team honors cancer survivors |
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| Jul.29 |
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Woman buried 8 babies Map of Douai France French prosecutors charged a woman with murder after she admitted giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period
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| Aug.1 |
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Golden treble for Lemaitre |
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| Aug.11 |
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French chef's body found in freezer |
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| Aug.15 |
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Bomb threat forces 30,000 to evacuate |
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| Aug.18 |
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France to begin Roma deportations France is to begin deporting Gypsies back to Romania, as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country
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| Aug.24 |
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Tough return to work for Sarkozy |
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| Sep.4 |
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Protests over French Roma policy
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| Sep.6 |
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France faces pension plan strike |
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| Sep.11 |
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Castro remark on Roma condemned |
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| Sep.14 |
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French senate approves burqa ban| The senate approved a law banning any veils that cover the face -- including the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women | |
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| |
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Eiffel Tower evacuated after threat
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| |
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EU condemns French Roma crackdown |
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| Sep.15 |
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Anger as France passes pension bill
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| Sep.18 |
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France make Davis Cup final |
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| Sep.20 |
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Ex-hostage Betancourt's book on sale |
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| Sep.21 |
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Chirac to face trial by early next year |
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| Sep.22 |
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France faces new wave of strikes |
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| Sep.28 |
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Netanyahu meet with Abbas next month |
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| |
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'Al-Qaeda' terror plot uncovered |
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| Sep.29 |
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France gets warning on Roma deportation |
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| Oct.3 |
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Seven straight for Loeb |
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| Oct.4 |
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France seeks extradition of al Qaeda man |
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| Oct.11 |
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French unions launch new strike| A national day of strikes and demonstrations in opposition to the government's pension reforms is the third in a month | |
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| Oct.14 |
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French strike threatens fuel shortages |
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| Oct.15 |
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Panic-buying as French refineries shut |
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| Oct.16 |
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Paris airport fuel running short France's main airport, Charles de Gaulle, has enough fuel to last only a few days, amid strikes against government plans
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| |
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France hit by new mass protests |
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| Oct.17 |
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New al Qaeda threat targets Europe Saudi Arabian intelligence services are warning of a new terrorist threat from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula targeting Europe, especially...
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| Oct.18 |
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Sarkozy defies French protesters French President Nicolas Sarkozy has insisted he will press ahead with pension reforms despite a gathering momentum of strike action
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| Oct.20 |
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Blockades frustrate French police French strikers have tightened fuel blockades, hours after security forces began clearing protesters from depots
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| Oct.21 |
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French unions call more strike days Unions called for two more days of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age, as lawmakers try to make the proposal law
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| Oct.22 |
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French Senate OKs pension changes The Senate defied tens of thousands of protesters and approved its version of a controversial pension reform measure with a vote of 177-153
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| Oct.25 |
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French fuel depots cleared of protesters |
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| |
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Strikes cost hundreds of millions a day |
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Students to bolster French strike French students will stage protests to try to bolster opposition to the government's pension reforms amid some signs of cracks in the moveme...
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| Oct.26 |
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Pension reform bill set for final vote |
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| Oct.27 |
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French Parliament OKs pension reform| The lower house approved a controversial pension reform bill, despite protests that brought millions of demonstrators into the streets | |
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| Oct.28 |
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Bin Laden tape authentic, French say Bin Laden warned France to get its troops out of Afghanistan and not to oppress Muslims at home in a tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera
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| |
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French unions stage last-ditch strikes |
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| Oct.30 |
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Antarctic copter crash kills four French The victims were found after a helicopter with a doctor flew from a base in Antarctica to the scene of the crash
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|
| Nov.1 |
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Sarkozy 'target of Greece bombs'
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| |
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UK and France plan nuclear tests |
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| Nov.4 |
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Yemen bomb 'defused just in time'
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| Nov.13 |
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SNCF 'sorrow' over Holocaust role
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| Nov.14 |
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Soderling claims Paris Masters title |
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| Nov.17 |
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500 patients may died after taking drug
|
| Nov.26 |
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Search to resume for Air France 447
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|
| Dec.4 |
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French heroics in Davis doubles |
|
| Dec.5 |
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Serbia wins Davis Cup final over France
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| Dec.6 |
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Airlines, mechanic guilty in Concorde crash
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| Dec.7 |
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French Haiti cholera report 'inconclusive' A French doctor's report suggests that the strain of cholera ravaging Haiti may have originated with U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal
|
| Dec.13 |
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Teen arrested after holding hostages
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| Dec.19 |
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Severe weather snarls Europe travel
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| Dec.22 |
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French urged to leave Ivory Coast
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| Dec.24 |
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Paris cancels half of flights Map of Charles de Gaulle France Part of airport was evacuated due to the snow on the roof, and hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de-icing fluid
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| |
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France to help build Russian warships
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| Dec.25 |
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Conditions improve at European airports Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris was rebounding after hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de-icing fluid
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jan.28 |
No more combat troops to Afghanistan |
|
| Jan.30 |
Unknown WWI soldier buried in France |
|
| Feb.1 |
DNA may ID bodies from WWI mass grave |
|
| Mar.5 |
French team destroys pirate boats 28 pirates were taken into custody by the European Union Naval Force after a handful of failed attacks on fishing vessels in the Indian Ocea...
|
| Nov.1 |
UK and France plan nuclear tests |
|
| Nov.13 |
SNCF 'sorrow' over Holocaust role
|
| Dec.24 |
France to help build Russian warships
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.1 |
Concorde crash trial set to begin
|
| Feb.17 |
Air France probe narrows search area |
|
| Feb.28 |
Storm batters Europe, at least 51 dead A winter storm named 'Xynthia' battered the western coast of Europe, its high winds downing trees and power lines
| Forty of the victims died in western France, where many drowned or were hit by parts of buildings or falling trees
|
| |
|
| Feb.28 |
France declares storms 'national disaster'
|
| May.6 |
Searchers zero in on Air France wreckage
|
| Oct.30 |
Antarctic copter crash kills four French The victims were found after a helicopter with a doctor flew from a base in Antarctica to the scene of the crash
|
| Nov.17 |
500 patients may died after taking drug
|
| Nov.26 |
Search to resume for Air France 447
|
| Dec.6 |
Airlines, mechanic guilty in Concorde crash
|
| Dec.7 |
French Haiti cholera report 'inconclusive' A French doctor's report suggests that the strain of cholera ravaging Haiti may have originated with U.N. peacekeepers from Nepal
|
| Dec.19 |
Severe weather snarls Europe travel
|
| Dec.24 |
Paris cancels half of flights Map of Charles de Gaulle France Part of airport was evacuated due to the snow on the roof, and hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de-icing fluid
|
| Dec.25 |
Conditions improve at European airports Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris was rebounding after hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de-icing fluid
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.14 |
Olympics: Double gold for France |
|
| Feb.16 |
Landis accused of hacking in warrant
|
| Mar.10 |
Madrid crash out after Lyon claim draw |
|
| May.5 |
Marseille win French title |
|
| May.27 |
Roddick survives 'brutal' day |
|
| May.28 |
Football: France will stage Euro 2016
|
| May.28 |
Sharapova, Henin easily advance |
|
| May.28 |
Holder Kuznetsova goes out |
|
| May.29 |
Nadal battles past Hewitt |
|
| May.30 |
Venus Williams upset by Petrova |
|
| May.31 |
Henin crashes out to Stosur |
|
| Jun.1 |
Soderling ends Federer reign
|
| Jun.2 |
Nadal beats Almagro to reach semis |
|
| Jun.4 |
Nadal to play Soderling in Open final
|
| Jun.6 |
Nadal wins fifth French Open Rafael Nadal blew Robin Soderling away to regain his French Open crown and reclaim his status as the game's number one ranked player
|
| Jun.6 |
Italian makes history in Paris
|
| Jun.11 |
France and Uruguay goalless |
|
| Jun.17 |
Mexico sink sorry French
|
| Jun.19 |
Anelka sent home for coach insult |
|
| Jun.20 |
French football turmoil after row
|
| Jun.22 |
France's nightmare ends, hosts fall short
|
| Jun.28 |
France soccer head resigns |
|
| Jul.1 |
Tour de France dope test 'flawed' |
|
| Jul.8 |
Cavendish wins Tour Stage 5 |
|
| Jul.10 |
France stun holders Spain in Davis Cup |
|
| Jul.14 |
Red Bulls sign Henry |
|
| Jul.17 |
Vinokourov wins stage; Schleck still leads |
|
| Jul.19 |
Contador seizes yellow jersey |
|
| Jul.20 |
Soccer stars quizzed over prostitution ring |
|
| Jul.22 |
Schleck and Contador cross line together |
|
| Jul.23 |
Entire France soccer squad suspended
|
| Jul.24 |
Contador extends Tour lead |
|
| Jul.25 |
Contador claims third Tour de France title Alberto Contador was crowned champion for the third time as Mark Cavendish won the final stage of cycling's premier event
|
| Jul.25 |
Armstrong team honors cancer survivors |
|
| Aug.1 |
Golden treble for Lemaitre |
|
| Sep.18 |
France make Davis Cup final |
|
| Oct.3 |
Seven straight for Loeb |
|
| Nov.14 |
Soderling claims Paris Masters title |
|
| Dec.4 |
French heroics in Davis doubles |
|
| Dec.5 |
Serbia wins Davis Cup final over France
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.11 |
French finance minister defends euro |
|
| Feb.17 |
Wine producers guilty of US scandal |
|
| Feb.23 |
French air traffic controllers went on strike |
|
| May.12 |
Robin Hood launches Cannes Film Festival |
|
| May.20 |
Sarkozy agrees with Merkel on finance |
|
| May.23 |
Thai film pulls off Cannes shock |
|
| Jun.7 |
French trader Kerviel faces court |
|
| Aug.11 |
French chef's body found in freezer |
|
| Sep.6 |
France faces pension plan strike |
|
| Sep.22 |
France faces new wave of strikes |
|
| Oct.11 |
French unions launch new strike| A national day of strikes and demonstrations in opposition to the government's pension reforms is the third in a month | |
|
| Oct.14 |
French strike threatens fuel shortages |
|
| Oct.15 |
Panic-buying as French refineries shut |
|
| Oct.16 |
Paris airport fuel running short France's main airport, Charles de Gaulle, has enough fuel to last only a few days, amid strikes against government plans
|
| Oct.21 |
French unions call more strike days Unions called for two more days of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age, as lawmakers try to make the proposal law
|
| Oct.25 |
French fuel depots cleared of protesters |
|
| Oct.25 |
Strikes cost hundreds of millions a day |
|
| Oct.28 |
French unions stage last-ditch strikes |
|
| Dec.19 |
Severe weather snarls Europe travel
|
| Dec.24 |
Paris cancels half of flights Map of Charles de Gaulle France Part of airport was evacuated due to the snow on the roof, and hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de-icing fluid
|
| Dec.25 |
Conditions improve at European airports Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris was rebounding after hundreds of flights were canceled because of a shortage of de-icing fluid
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Feb.1 |
Concorde crash trial set to begin
|
| Feb.16 |
Landis accused of hacking in warrant
|
| Feb.17 |
Wine producers guilty of US scandal |
|
| Mar.5 |
French team destroys pirate boats 28 pirates were taken into custody by the European Union Naval Force after a handful of failed attacks on fishing vessels in the Indian Ocea...
|
| Mar.17 |
Sahil Saeed freed after cash paid in Paris |
|
| Jun.7 |
French trader Kerviel faces court |
|
| Jul.17 |
Grenoble rioters shoot at police Rioters have fired shots and burned cars after police shot dead a man accused of robbing a local casino
|
| Jul.17 |
Order pledge after Grenoble riots |
|
| Jul.20 |
Soccer stars quizzed over prostitution ring |
|
| Jul.29 |
Woman buried 8 babies Map of Douai France French prosecutors charged a woman with murder after she admitted giving birth to and smothering eight babies over a 17-year period
|
| Aug.11 |
French chef's body found in freezer |
|
| Aug.15 |
Bomb threat forces 30,000 to evacuate |
|
| Sep.14 |
Eiffel Tower evacuated after threat
|
| Sep.20 |
Ex-hostage Betancourt's book on sale |
|
| Sep.21 |
Chirac to face trial by early next year |
|
| Sep.28 |
'Al-Qaeda' terror plot uncovered |
|
| Oct.4 |
France seeks extradition of al Qaeda man |
|
| Oct.17 |
New al Qaeda threat targets Europe Saudi Arabian intelligence services are warning of a new terrorist threat from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula targeting Europe, especially...
|
| Oct.28 |
Bin Laden tape authentic, French say Bin Laden warned France to get its troops out of Afghanistan and not to oppress Muslims at home in a tape broadcast by the Al-Jazeera
|
| Nov.1 |
Sarkozy 'target of Greece bombs'
|
| Nov.4 |
Yemen bomb 'defused just in time'
|
| Dec.6 |
Airlines, mechanic guilty in Concorde crash
|
| Dec.13 |
Teen arrested after holding hostages
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| Jan.26 |
Lawmakers move toward partial burqa ban |
|
| Jan.30 |
Unknown WWI soldier buried in France |
|
| Feb.8 |
West pushes for sanctions against Iran |
|
| Mar.14 |
Sarkozy party trails in French vote |
|
| Mar.21 |
Sarkozy's party loses regional election |
|
| Apr.26 |
Noriega extradited to France | Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was put on a plane to France after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed extradition orders | |
|
| May.15 |
French academic headed home from Iran
|
| May.20 |
Sarkozy agrees with Merkel on finance |
|
| Jun.28 |
France soccer head resigns |
|
| Jul.12 |
Sarkozy rejects donation claims |
|
| Jul.17 |
Order pledge after Grenoble riots |
|
| Aug.18 |
France to begin Roma deportations France is to begin deporting Gypsies back to Romania, as part of a crackdown on illegal camps in the country
|
| Aug.24 |
Tough return to work for Sarkozy |
|
| Sep.4 |
Protests over French Roma policy
|
| Sep.11 |
Castro remark on Roma condemned |
|
| Sep.14 |
French senate approves burqa ban| The senate approved a law banning any veils that cover the face -- including the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women | |
|
| Sep.14 |
EU condemns French Roma crackdown |
|
| Sep.15 |
Anger as France passes pension bill
|
| Sep.21 |
Chirac to face trial by early next year |
|
| Sep.22 |
France faces new wave of strikes |
|
| Sep.28 |
Netanyahu meet with Abbas next month |
|
| Sep.29 |
France gets warning on Roma deportation |
|
| Oct.16 |
France hit by new mass protests |
|
| Oct.18 |
Sarkozy defies French protesters French President Nicolas Sarkozy has insisted he will press ahead with pension reforms despite a gathering momentum of strike action
|
| Oct.20 |
Blockades frustrate French police French strikers have tightened fuel blockades, hours after security forces began clearing protesters from depots
|
| Oct.21 |
French unions call more strike days Unions called for two more days of protests against government plans to raise the retirement age, as lawmakers try to make the proposal law
|
| Oct.22 |
French Senate OKs pension changes The Senate defied tens of thousands of protesters and approved its version of a controversial pension reform measure with a vote of 177-153
|
| Oct.25 |
French fuel depots cleared of protesters |
|
| Oct.25 |
Students to bolster French strike French students will stage protests to try to bolster opposition to the government's pension reforms amid some signs of cracks in the moveme...
|
| Oct.26 |
Pension reform bill set for final vote |
|
| Oct.27 |
French Parliament OKs pension reform| The lower house approved a controversial pension reform bill, despite protests that brought millions of demonstrators into the streets | |
|
| Nov.1 |
UK and France plan nuclear tests |
|
| Dec.22 |
French urged to leave Ivory Coast
|
| Dec.24 |
France to help build Russian warships
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