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Sarkozy ally wins French right leadership battle

PARIS (Reuters) - Rightist Jean-Francois Cope, an ally of former President Nicolas Sarkozy, claimed the leadership of France's main conservative party on Monday in a closely fought two-way contest...

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French Magazine Says U.S. Turned Flame on Nicolas Sarkozy’s Computers

Bruni. (Fashion Insider) French cyber security experts say the U.S. government used software resembling Flame to hack into computers of the French presidential staff, the magazine l'Express said in a...

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French unions rage at Hollande over Mittal deal

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French first lady endorses marriage equality

Valerie Trierweiler, the girlfriend of French President Francois Hollande, has given plans to legalise gay marriage her personal seal of approval by announcing she will be a witness at one of the first...

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French elephants scheduled for euthanization get Christmas reprieve

Two ailing middle-aged elephants that French officials wanted to put down have been given a Christmas reprieve after an appeal to President Francois Hollande and an Internet campaign to save them. Baby...

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Inside Story – Can Algeria and France forget the past?

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UN council demands CAR rebels end offensive

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French leader spurns appeal to save elephants on death row

French President Francois Hollande will not intervene in the case of two ailing zoo elephants whose death sentence led Brigitte Bardot to threaten to go into exile in Russia, his office said Wednesday....

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CAR war of words heats up amid talks

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French President raises terror threat level

France is on a heightened state of alert after President Francois Hollande raised terror threat levels. … Read More

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‘Marriagephile, not homophobe’: Hundreds of thousands protest against gay...

'Marriagephile, not homophobe': Hundreds of thousands protest against gay marriage law in Paris (PHOTOS)Get short URLLink copied to clipboardemail story to a friendprint versionPublished: 13 January,...

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Rajan Menon: Mr. Hollande Goes to Mali

Here's an irony. The NATO air campaign that helped overthrow Gaddafi, and that French President Nicolas Sarkozy couldn't wait to launch, has presented Sarkozy's successor, Francois Hollande, with a big...

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Hollande to announce plans of Mali military handover

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Jacky Rowland outlines expectations of Hollande’s visit in Mali

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The other side of French airstrikes on Mali: ‘They ruined everything I had’

Malian soldiers walk past a destroyed vehicle at the prefecture of the recently liberated town of Konna. (Reuters / Eric Gaillard)(21.5Mb)embed videoFrench President Francois Hollande is triumphant...

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Francois Hollande: Eurozone must defend its currency

Francois Hollande addresses on February 5, 2013 deputies at the European Parliament in the eastern French city of Strasbourg (AFP Photo / Bertrand Langlois) Europe must defend the vulnerable euro by...

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‘Once they say ‘Action’, I just forget!’ – Belgian star

‘Once they say ‘Action’, I just forget!’ – Belgian star Get short URLLink copied to clipboardemail story to a friendprint versionPublished: 05 February, 2013, 20:08 TAGS:Movies, France Belgian actress...

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Indian fisherman feel little pride in nuclear achievements

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French president visits India on trade trip

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Greece welcomes Hollande with ‘news blackout’

Greek photojournalists stage a protest outside the Ministry of Citizen's Protection on April 6, 2012.(AFP Photo / Louisa Gouliamaki)Greek media have gone on a 24-hour strike on Tuesday just as French...

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Al Qaeda Says It Has Beheaded French Hostage

Al-Qaeda's North African offshoot says it has killed a French businessman captured in Mali in 2011, Mauritania's ANI news agency reports. … Read More

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Hugo Chavez’s Legacy of Conflict and Propaganda

Since Hugo Chavez’s death was announced a war of words has erupted in Venezuela and abroad for control over the definition of his legacy. Was Chavez an authoritarian thug? Was he a bold and authentic...

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France confirms death of top al Qaeda commander Abou Zeid

The announcement ends weeks of speculations over the fate of thehead of one of the most hardline al Qaeda brigades in the IslamicMaghreb (AQIM).French president, Francois Hollande, has said that he...

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France may permanently station soldiers in Mali

"Given the anticipated level and nature of the residual threat, there would be a fundamental requirement for a parallel force to operate in Mali alongside the UN mission in order to conduct major...

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Hollande Revises Schedule for Withdrawal From Mali, Says Objectives Achieved

French President Francois Hollande has said that only 1,000 French troops will remain in Mali by the end of the year. Roughly 4,000 French troops entered Mali in January at the invitation of the...

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A.M. Links: Democrats Still Scaring on Sequester, Judge Rules Careful Driving...

Democrats are still trying to whip up fear about the sequester and blame Republicans for it, now taking a law and order tack. Obamacare will be raising the costs of health insurance, Health and Human...

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Mali intervention – re-division of Africa?

On Monday Malian and French troops combed the northern city of Timbuktu where the jihadists had taken cover as the fighting entered a third day.France launched the intervention in Mali in January...

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Threat of Islamic Militant Comeback in Mali Threatening French Withdrawal Plan

The French may not be leaving Mali as quickly as they would like. French President Francois Hollande had said that he wants the number of French troops in Mali to be cut to 1,000 by December from the...

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Scandal-hit French president Hollande vows to ‘eradicate’ tax havens

Mired in a scandal over an ex-minister’s secret Swiss bank account, French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday vowed to “eradicate” tax havens, increase checks on officials’ finances and crack...

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France passes gay marriage bill

PARIS (AP) — The French Senate has voted to legalize same-sex marriage in France, putting a landmark bill on track to become law by summer.The vote in the upper house of parliament — led by President...

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France’s Hollande blasts ‘homophobic’ violence following same-sex marriage...

French President Francois Hollande on Thursday hit out at “homophobic” acts by opponents of a same-sex marriage bill following violent protests that included an overnight attack on a gay bar. The...

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Russia to change agreement with France to prevent adoption by same sex couples

“We treat our partners with respect but we also ask them to show equal respect to our cultural traditions, our life and our ethical, legislative and moral norms. I think that we have the right to make...

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‘Damascus attack signals Syrian rebel desperation’

A car bomb went off near the former Interior Ministry building in the center of Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday. According to the reports, at least 13 people were killed and around 70 injured in...

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France announces end to austerity

“We’re witnessing the end of the dogma of austerity,” Moscovici told Europe 1 radio on Sunday.“We’ve been pleading for a growth policy for a year. Austerity on its own impedes growth.”The comments...

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French proposal would impose 1% tax on Internet-connected devices

A new proposal recently delivered to French President Francois Hollande aims to create new sources of revenue from tech giants like Amazon, Apple and Google. If passed, the legislation would create a...

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Many French voters lash out at Hollande

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The race for the Palme D’Or gets underway at Cannes

||RelatedTorrential rain fails to dampen Cannes spirit 16/05/2013 09:16 CET The spirit of Pierre de Coubertin at Cannes film… 16/05/2013 10:55 CET Red carpet ready for Cannes film festival 15/05/2013...

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French court clears way for gay marriage

Russia is reported to have sent advanced anti-ship missiles to Syria, despite pleas from Washington and elsewhere to stop supplying President al-Assad's forces. Officials in the US are quoted as saying...

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‘EU at the moment is a giant blame game’

Addressing the euro skepticism growing throughout the UK, British Prime Minister says he intends to let British citizens decide if they want to be members of the EU in a vote in 2017. French President...

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Euro Jihad: Islamist Stabs French Soldier In The Neck

A uniformed French soldier on an antiterrorism patrol west of Paris, France was wounded in the neck as he was stabbed with a box cutter by an assailant. … Read More

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‘Hollande adopted gay marriage to satisfy lobby that financed him’

Central Paris has witnessed violence on its streets over the weekend, a mass rally in protest at laws allowing same-sex marriage turned into clashes.Police cracked down on far-right activists who had...

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Major powers "obliged" to act over Syria – Hollande

||RelatedDiplomats fail once again to ease suffering in Syria 05/06/2013 18:29 CET France says sarin gas used in Syria 05/06/2013 02:15 CET Rebels routed as Syrian army retake Qusair 05/06/2013 16:44...

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‘Eurozone Crisis Over’? Millions of unemployed decry Hollande’s remark

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Non bon voyage: French rail system paralyzed by strike after air travel chaos...

Transportation in France has been crippled by thousands of striking workers this week, with aviation strikes leading to the cancelation of flights, and rail workers strikes leaving swarms of travelers...

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UMP fends off far-right in French by-election

||RelatedLetta’s call for growth over austerity warmly… 01/05/2013 19:37 CET French President Hollande talks of human rights… 26/04/2013 05:56 CET Hollande and Monti swap notes on Europe 03/12/2012...

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Eurozone GDP up 0.3% in 2Q, marks first step out of worst recession on record

As forecast by Frankfurt-based Bundesbank, Germany posted robust 0.7 percent growth. France, Europe’s second-largest economy, followed with 0.5 percent growth, after contracting the last two quarters,...

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France accuses Syria of 3 chemical attacks, Assad slams Western logic

The declassified nine-page French intelligence report, issued by the country’s external and military services, suggests government forces loyal to President Assad were behind the attack, which took...

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Obama wants UN to hear Russia’s plan for Syrian chemical weapons

A White House official has told the AP that the Obama administration will let the Russian-brokered deal be heard by the United Nations. The compromise would require Assad’s regime to surrender a...

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Iranian president offers to facilitate Syrian peace talks

Hassan Rouhani, who was elected in June to succeed the polarizing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, offered Thursday to broker peaceful negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition forces after more...

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French reinforcements land in Central African Republic

French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told Radio France Internationale (RFI) that the streets of Bangui were calm on Friday after French patrols and a helicopter hit the streets of the capital...

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