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France's Hollande focuses on euro crisis
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May 09, 2012 10:12 PM
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PARIS: French President-elect Francois Hollande didn't wait to take office to press his agenda for digging Europe out of economic crisis: He met Wednesday with the European Union president and presented his case for joint European bonds and government stimulus to boost growth. Powerhouse...
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Gadhafi funding claim weighs on French campaign
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April 29, 2012 08:38 PM
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PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday fiercely denied that he was offered campaign funding from late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, as new challenges piled up against him a week ahead of the country's presidential runoff. Sarkozy also rebuffed leftist critics who compared his...
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French presidential race gets emotional
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April 21, 2012 12:52 AM
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PARIS: Like Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy swept to power on a wave of hope for change. Sarkozy’s wave crashed on the global financial crisis and his own failings. Sunday, the French leader faces a tough fight against nine challengers in presidential election awash in fear and anger. This has...
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France: No arms for Syrian opposition
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March 15, 2012 09:10 PM
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PARIS: France's foreign minister has rejected weapons requests by the Syrian rebel forces, saying Thursday that arming the Syrian opposition could lead to catastrophic civil war. The Syrian opposition is divided as it marks one year since its uprising against President Bashar Assad's...
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Merkel blurs border in stumping for Sarkozy
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February 07, 2012 02:45 PM
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PARIS: France's President Nicolas Sarkozy is yet to announce if he'll seek a second term, but he already has a big-name campaign backer lined up - Germany's leader. Chancellor Angela Merkel is openly stumping for Sarkozy, departing from long-held practice and blurring Europe's...
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Islamists defend Arab democracy, stress inclusion
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January 28, 2012 01:02 AM
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DAVOS, Switzerland: Newly empowered Islamist leaders stood up for Arab democracy Friday, saying extremists need to be brought into the fold and chiding the West for objectifying women and income inequalities. The prime ministers of Tunisia and Morocco, brought to office by elections prompted by...
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France recommends removal of PIP breast implants
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December 23, 2011 10:31 AM
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PARIS: The health minister has called on some 30,000 women with breast implants made by French company Poly Implant Prothese to have them removed "as a preventive measure not of an urgent nature." In a statement Friday, Xavier Bertrand recommended the removal of all PIP implants - not...
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Humans on display: One Paris museum asks why
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December 03, 2011 12:16 AM
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PARIS: It’s a queasy experience, viewing chained tribal dancers do a white man’s bidding, or African women stripped and photographed to feed European curiosity. Until just a few generations ago, this is how most white people learned about those with skins of a different shade. A new...
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Yemen captors free hostages after 6-month ordeal
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November 15, 2011 01:14 AM
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PARIS: Three French aid workers who were being held hostage by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen were freed Monday after nearly six months in captivity, thanks to help from the sultan of Oman and a possible ransom payment, officials said. Kidnappers linked to Al-Qaeda’s offshoot in the region had...
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Sarkozy party chief insists France can’t afford migrants
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April 28, 2011 01:49 AM
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PARIS: France cannot afford to take in waves of North African migrants looking for jobs, the head of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s party argued Wednesday, as European neighbors spar over what to do with thousands of unemployed Tunisians who have arrived illegally on this border-free continent....
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Woman ticketed in France for wearing face veil
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April 13, 2011 12:00 AM
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PARIS: A woman has been ticketed in a suburban Paris shopping center for wearing a face veil, in the first reported sanction under a new ban on the garments, police said Tuesday. Another woman in another Paris suburb was stopped for wearing a veil, but was let go with a warning. The inconsistent...
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