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French copter crash off Gabon kills 7 |
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1.5 million homes suffered power cuts |
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France braces for mass walk-out |
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Huge crowds join French strikes Huge crowds have taken to the streets to protest over the handling of the economic crisis, causing disruption to rail and air services
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British, French nuclear submarines collide A British Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard and its French Le Triomphant collided while on operations in the Atlantic Ocean
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France 'responsible' for Holocaust deaths |
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Police battle protesters |
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| Mar.11 |
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France ends four-decade Nato rift |
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| Mar.17 |
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Sarkozy wins French NATO re-entry vote |
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| Mar.18 |
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France chastises Pope on condoms |
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| Mar.19 |
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New nationwide strike hits France |
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| Mar.20 |
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Renault jobs row rocks EU summit |
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| Mar.29 |
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Film composer Maurice Jarre dies |
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| Mar.31 |
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France is threatening G20 walkout |
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| Apr.1 |
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France 'condones police violence' |
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| Apr.3 |
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Obama: Europe faces greater terror risk
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Afghan focus for key NATO summit |
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| Apr.4 |
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Extra NATO troops for Afghan poll 
Map of Strasbourg France NATO has agreed to boost troop numbers to cover the Afghan presidential election, outgoing alliance chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said
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| Apr.10 |
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Hostage dies as French attack pirates A French hostage and two pirates died Friday in a rescue operation. Four hostages, including a child, were freed from the hijacked yacht
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French warship captures pirates | A warship has captured 11 pirates off the coast of Kenya, amid calls for the international community to deal with the problem of piracy. It had detected a 'mother ship', and observ... | |
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| Apr.16 |
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Fishermen lift French port blockades
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| Apr.18 |
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France holds ETA 'military chief' |
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| Apr.29 |
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Trial for Jew's murder |
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Five dead in bus crash |
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| May.3 |
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Pirates seized after threatening Navy ship |
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| May.15 |
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Ex-Gitmo detainee arrives in France |
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| May.30 |
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Gunman makes off with millions in jewels
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| May.31 |
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Nadal out in shock defeat by Soderling |
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| Jun.1 |
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Air France plane crashed The Airbus A330-200 with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems in stormy weather before it lost contact
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Atlantic searched for lost plane CEO of Air France: The jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro, that disappeared overnight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
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| Jun.2 |
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Plane searchers spot ocean debris Brazilian aircraft searching for an Air France jet which went missing with 228 people aboard in a storm have spotted debris on the ocean
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| Jun.3 |
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Plane's recorders may never be found
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| Jun.4 |
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Safina, Kuznetsova advance to final |
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Mystery grows over plane crash |
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Air France jet crash debris retrieved |
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Debris found not from Air France plane
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| Jun.5 |
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Soderling fights back to secure final place |
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Nuclear sub to join hunt for jet |
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Federer beats Del Potro |
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Veterans gather for D-Day event
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12 similar flights deepen plane mystery |
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| Jun.6 |
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Leaders' tribute to D-Day heroes Map of Omaha Beach France Allied leaders have been paying tribute to veterans, as they mark the 65th anniversary of the landings at a series of events
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Kuznetsova wins French Open over Safina
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Missing plane sent 24 error messages
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Air France replaces speed sensors
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| Jun.7 |
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Federer claims historic French Open win Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling in straight sets to win his first French Open and equal Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam titles
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Bodies found from missing Air France plane Three more bodies were found from the crash of the plane. More bodies could be seen and could be recovered within hours
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| Jun.8 |
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More bodies found from Air France crash
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Air France tail section recovered A Brazilian search team has recovered a large tail section of the jet that crashed a week ago over the Atlantic with 228 people on board
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| Jun.9 |
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Air France bodies returned to land The first bodies to be recovered from the crash of flight 447 returned to land, as helicopters landed on the archipelago
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41 bodies recovered from Air France crash
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| Jun.10 |
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Air crash bodies heading to DNA lab
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Italy and France 'failing Africa' Anti-poverty group One: Italy and France have been accused of reneging on promises to increase aid to African nations
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| Jun.11 |
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Air France CEO disputes crash theory
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| Jun.19 |
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Air France bodies had broken bones |
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| Jun.20 |
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Air France pays $24.5K to victims' families |
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| Jun.21 |
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Atlantic crash bodies identified
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| Jun.22 |
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Sarkozy speaks out against burka French President at a special session of parliament has spoken out strongly against the wearing of the burka by Muslim women in France
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| Jun.25 |
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Bodies of Air France captain found |
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| Jun.26 |
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Search ends for Air France dead
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| Jun.30 |
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France 'banned Yemen crash plane'
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Al Qaeda threatens France over burqas |
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| Jul.1 |
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France reverses 'black box' claim
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Teen plane survivor recovers in hospital The father of a girl who remarkably survived a plane crash has described how his daughter was ejected from the plane into the Indian Ocean
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| Jul.2 |
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Air France jet 'broke on impact' French investigators trying to find out why a plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the a...
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Miracle plane crash survivor back in France |
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| Jul.5 |
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Cavendish wins Tour's 2nd stage |
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| Jul.8 |
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Voeckler wins Stage 5; Lance still in 2nd |
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| Jul.10 |
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French ship joins hunt for 'black box' |
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| Jul.11 |
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Sanchez won eighth stage of Tour |
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| Jul.12 |
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Fedrigo wins Tour's ninth stage |
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| Jul.14 |
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Foreigners seized from Mogadishu hotel |
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Cavendish win thwarts Bastille Day hopes |
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| Jul.15 |
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Cavendish wins 11th stage of Tour |
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Air France wreckage arrives in France |
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| Jul.16 |
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Somali PM speaks with French hostage
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Sorensen wins 12th stage of Tour |
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| Jul.17 |
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Haussler wins as Armstrong stays third |
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| Jul.18 |
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Tour de France spectator killed |
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| Jul.19 |
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Contador crushes Lance to claim yellow |
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| Jul.21 |
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Armstrong clings on to Contador's tail |
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| Jul.22 |
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Contador extends lead as Schleck wins |
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| Jul.23 |
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France to relax Sunday shopping ban |
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| Jul.25 |
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Contador locks up Tour de France |
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| Jul.26 |
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Sarkozy hospitalized after jogging scare| French President was taken to the Val de Grace military hospital for medical tests after falling ill while exercising near Paris | |
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Contador seals 2009 Tour victory
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| Aug.2 |
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Scientists find new strain of HIV Researchers have discovered an HIV infection in a Cameroonian woman which is clearly linked to a gorilla strain
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| Aug.8 |
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UK, French embassy employees on trial| A mass trial of Iranians and others arrested in post-election demonstrations resumed, with about 100 defendants in Tehran's Revolutionary Court | |
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| Aug.13 |
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France and Germany exit recession Both economies grew by 0.3% between April and June, bringing to an end year-long recessions in Europe's largest economies
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| Aug.15 |
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French minister urges burka ban |
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| Aug.20 |
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Air France flight recorder search ends |
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| Aug.26 |
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Somalia hostage tells of escape
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| Sep.4 |
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Renault called to face fix charge |
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| Sep.7 |
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Brazil, France reach agreement on jets |
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| Sep.9 |
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5 arrested in filmmaker's slaying |
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| Sep.12 |
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French unease at telecom suicides |
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| Sep.16 |
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Briatore out over Renault fix row |
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| Sep.21 |
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Renault handed suspended F1 ban |
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Calais migrant eviction under way Hundreds of police have begun an operation to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port
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| Sep.27 |
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France condemns Polanski arrest
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| Oct.7 |
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Pirates attack navy ship 'in error'
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| Oct.8 |
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Culture minister admits sex with 'boys'| French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he will not resign over his admission in a book that he paid to have sex with 'boys' in Thailand | |
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Minister won't resign over sex with 'boys'
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| Oct.9 |
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'Al-Qaeda-link' Cern worker held |
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| Oct.12 |
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Scientist on French terror charge |
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| Oct.20 |
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Late Lyon winner stuns Liverpool |
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| Oct.27 |
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Angola arms traffickers convicted |
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| Nov.3 |
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Anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies |
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| Nov.14 |
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Brazil and France in climate deal |
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| Nov.18 |
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France qualified for World Cup |
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| Nov.19 |
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French soccer's tainted win enrages Irish
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| Nov.20 |
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Replay 'fairest solution' says Henry |
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Large Hadron Collider restarts
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| Nov.27 |
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Climate fund plan to help poor nations |
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| Dec.3 |
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Peugeot, Mitsubishi eye capital tie-up |
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| Dec.4 |
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Football: South Africa face France |
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| Dec.9 |
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Sarkozy, Brown urge market reform
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| Dec.11 |
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French jet hit trouble near crash site |
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| Dec.12 |
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France to resume 'black box' hunt
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| Dec.19 |
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Eurostar suspended amid cold snap |
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.18 |
French copter crash off Gabon kills 7 |
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| Feb.16 |
British, French nuclear submarines collide A British Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard and its French Le Triomphant collided while on operations in the Atlantic Ocean
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| Feb.16 |
France 'responsible' for Holocaust deaths |
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| Mar.11 |
France ends four-decade Nato rift |
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| Apr.4 |
Extra NATO troops for Afghan poll Map of Strasbourg France NATO has agreed to boost troop numbers to cover the Afghan presidential election, outgoing alliance chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said
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| Apr.15 |
French warship captures pirates | A warship has captured 11 pirates off the coast of Kenya, amid calls for the international community to deal with the problem of piracy. It had detected a 'mother ship', and observ... | |
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| May.3 |
Pirates seized after threatening Navy ship |
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| Jun.5 |
Nuclear sub to join hunt for jet |
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| Jun.5 |
Veterans gather for D-Day event
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| Jun.6 |
Leaders' tribute to D-Day heroes Map of Omaha Beach France Allied leaders have been paying tribute to veterans, as they mark the 65th anniversary of the landings at a series of events
|
| Sep.7 |
Brazil, France reach agreement on jets |
|
| Oct.7 |
Pirates attack navy ship 'in error'
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| Oct.27 |
Angola arms traffickers convicted |
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| 2009 |
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| Jan.18 |
French copter crash off Gabon kills 7 |
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| Jan.24 |
1.5 million homes suffered power cuts |
|
| Feb.16 |
British, French nuclear submarines collide A British Royal Navy nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard and its French Le Triomphant collided while on operations in the Atlantic Ocean
|
| Apr.29 |
Five dead in bus crash |
|
| Jun.1 |
Air France plane crashed The Airbus A330-200 with 228 people aboard reported electrical problems in stormy weather before it lost contact
| The plane sent an automatic message signaling an electric circuit failure as it hit turbulence
|
| |
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| Jun.1 |
Atlantic searched for lost plane CEO of Air France: The jet carrying 228 people from Rio de Janeiro, that disappeared overnight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean
|
| Jun.2 |
Plane searchers spot ocean debris Brazilian aircraft searching for an Air France jet which went missing with 228 people aboard in a storm have spotted debris on the ocean
|
| Jun.3 |
Plane's recorders may never be found
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| Jun.4 |
Mystery grows over plane crash |
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| Jun.4 |
Air France jet crash debris retrieved |
|
| Jun.4 |
Debris found not from Air France plane
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| Jun.5 |
Nuclear sub to join hunt for jet |
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| Jun.5 |
12 similar flights deepen plane mystery |
|
| Jun.6 |
Missing plane sent 24 error messages
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| Jun.6 |
Air France replaces speed sensors
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| Jun.7 |
Bodies found from missing Air France plane Three more bodies were found from the crash of the plane. More bodies could be seen and could be recovered within hours
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| Jun.8 |
More bodies found from Air France crash
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| Jun.8 |
Air France tail section recovered A Brazilian search team has recovered a large tail section of the jet that crashed a week ago over the Atlantic with 228 people on board
|
| Jun.9 |
Air France bodies returned to land The first bodies to be recovered from the crash of flight 447 returned to land, as helicopters landed on the archipelago
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| Jun.9 |
41 bodies recovered from Air France crash
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| Jun.10 |
Air crash bodies heading to DNA lab
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| Jun.11 |
Air France CEO disputes crash theory
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| Jun.19 |
Air France bodies had broken bones |
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| Jun.20 |
Air France pays $24.5K to victims' families |
|
| Jun.21 |
Atlantic crash bodies identified
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| Jun.25 |
Bodies of Air France captain found |
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| Jun.26 |
Search ends for Air France dead
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| Jun.30 |
France 'banned Yemen crash plane'
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| Jul.1 |
France reverses 'black box' claim
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| Jul.1 |
Teen plane survivor recovers in hospital The father of a girl who remarkably survived a plane crash has described how his daughter was ejected from the plane into the Indian Ocean
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| Jul.2 |
Air France jet 'broke on impact' French investigators trying to find out why a plane crashed in the Atlantic say they believe it broke up on contact with water, not in the a...
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| Jul.2 |
Miracle plane crash survivor back in France |
|
| Jul.10 |
French ship joins hunt for 'black box' |
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| Jul.15 |
Air France wreckage arrives in France |
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| Jul.18 |
Tour de France spectator killed |
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| Aug.2 |
Scientists find new strain of HIV Researchers have discovered an HIV infection in a Cameroonian woman which is clearly linked to a gorilla strain
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| Aug.20 |
Air France flight recorder search ends |
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| Sep.12 |
French unease at telecom suicides |
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| Dec.11 |
French jet hit trouble near crash site |
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| Dec.12 |
France to resume 'black box' hunt
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| Dec.19 |
Eurostar suspended amid cold snap |
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|
| 2009 |
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| May.31 |
Nadal out in shock defeat by Soderling |
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| Jun.4 |
Safina, Kuznetsova advance to final |
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| Jun.5 |
Soderling fights back to secure final place |
|
| Jun.5 |
Federer beats Del Potro |
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| Jun.6 |
Kuznetsova wins French Open over Safina
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| Jun.7 |
Federer claims historic French Open win Roger Federer beat Robin Soderling in straight sets to win his first French Open and equal Sampras's record of 14 Grand Slam titles
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| Jul.5 |
Cavendish wins Tour's 2nd stage |
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| Jul.8 |
Voeckler wins Stage 5; Lance still in 2nd |
|
| Jul.11 |
Sanchez won eighth stage of Tour |
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| Jul.12 |
Fedrigo wins Tour's ninth stage |
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| Jul.14 |
Cavendish win thwarts Bastille Day hopes |
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| Jul.15 |
Cavendish wins 11th stage of Tour |
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| Jul.16 |
Sorensen wins 12th stage of Tour |
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| Jul.17 |
Haussler wins as Armstrong stays third |
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| Jul.18 |
Tour de France spectator killed |
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| Jul.19 |
Contador crushes Lance to claim yellow |
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| Jul.21 |
Armstrong clings on to Contador's tail |
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| Jul.22 |
Contador extends lead as Schleck wins |
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| Jul.25 |
Contador locks up Tour de France |
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| Jul.26 |
Contador seals 2009 Tour victory
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| Sep.4 |
Renault called to face fix charge |
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| Sep.16 |
Briatore out over Renault fix row |
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| Sep.21 |
Renault handed suspended F1 ban |
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| Oct.20 |
Late Lyon winner stuns Liverpool |
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| Nov.18 |
France qualified for World Cup |
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| Nov.19 |
French soccer's tainted win enrages Irish
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| Nov.20 |
Replay 'fairest solution' says Henry |
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| Dec.4 |
Football: South Africa face France |
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|
| 2009 |
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| Jan.28 |
France braces for mass walk-out |
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| Jan.29 |
Huge crowds join French strikes Huge crowds have taken to the streets to protest over the handling of the economic crisis, causing disruption to rail and air services
|
| Mar.19 |
New nationwide strike hits France |
|
| Mar.20 |
Renault jobs row rocks EU summit |
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| Mar.29 |
Film composer Maurice Jarre dies |
|
| Apr.16 |
Fishermen lift French port blockades
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| Jun.6 |
Air France replaces speed sensors
|
| Jun.11 |
Air France CEO disputes crash theory
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| Jun.20 |
Air France pays $24.5K to victims' families |
|
| Jul.23 |
France to relax Sunday shopping ban |
|
| Aug.13 |
France and Germany exit recession Both economies grew by 0.3% between April and June, bringing to an end year-long recessions in Europe's largest economies
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| Sep.7 |
Brazil, France reach agreement on jets |
|
| Sep.12 |
French unease at telecom suicides |
|
| Nov.20 |
Large Hadron Collider restarts
|
| Dec.3 |
Peugeot, Mitsubishi eye capital tie-up |
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| Dec.9 |
Sarkozy, Brown urge market reform
|
|
| 2009 |
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| Apr.3 |
Obama: Europe faces greater terror risk
|
| Apr.10 |
Hostage dies as French attack pirates A French hostage and two pirates died Friday in a rescue operation. Four hostages, including a child, were freed from the hijacked yacht
|
| Apr.15 |
French warship captures pirates | A warship has captured 11 pirates off the coast of Kenya, amid calls for the international community to deal with the problem of piracy. It had detected a 'mother ship', and observ... | |
|
| Apr.18 |
France holds ETA 'military chief' |
|
| Apr.29 |
Trial for Jew's murder |
|
| May.3 |
Pirates seized after threatening Navy ship |
|
| May.15 |
Ex-Gitmo detainee arrives in France |
|
| May.30 |
Gunman makes off with millions in jewels
|
| Jul.14 |
Foreigners seized from Mogadishu hotel |
|
| Jul.16 |
Somali PM speaks with French hostage
|
| Aug.8 |
UK, French embassy employees on trial| A mass trial of Iranians and others arrested in post-election demonstrations resumed, with about 100 defendants in Tehran's Revolutionary Court | |
|
| Aug.26 |
Somalia hostage tells of escape
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| Sep.9 |
5 arrested in filmmaker's slaying |
|
| Oct.7 |
Pirates attack navy ship 'in error'
|
| Oct.8 |
Culture minister admits sex with 'boys'| French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he will not resign over his admission in a book that he paid to have sex with 'boys' in Thailand | |
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| Oct.8 |
Minister won't resign over sex with 'boys'
|
| Oct.9 |
'Al-Qaeda-link' Cern worker held |
|
| Oct.12 |
Scientist on French terror charge |
|
| Oct.27 |
Angola arms traffickers convicted |
|
|
| 2009 |
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| Jan.29 |
Huge crowds join French strikes Huge crowds have taken to the streets to protest over the handling of the economic crisis, causing disruption to rail and air services
|
| Feb.16 |
France 'responsible' for Holocaust deaths |
|
| Mar.6 |
Police battle protesters |
|
| Mar.11 |
France ends four-decade Nato rift |
|
| Mar.17 |
Sarkozy wins French NATO re-entry vote |
|
| Mar.18 |
France chastises Pope on condoms |
|
| Mar.19 |
New nationwide strike hits France |
|
| Mar.20 |
Renault jobs row rocks EU summit |
|
| Mar.31 |
France is threatening G20 walkout |
|
| Apr.1 |
France 'condones police violence' |
|
| Apr.3 |
Obama: Europe faces greater terror risk
|
| Apr.3 |
Afghan focus for key NATO summit |
|
| Apr.4 |
Extra NATO troops for Afghan poll Map of Strasbourg France NATO has agreed to boost troop numbers to cover the Afghan presidential election, outgoing alliance chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has said
|
| Jun.5 |
Veterans gather for D-Day event
|
| Jun.6 |
Leaders' tribute to D-Day heroes Map of Omaha Beach France Allied leaders have been paying tribute to veterans, as they mark the 65th anniversary of the landings at a series of events
|
| Jun.10 |
Italy and France 'failing Africa' Anti-poverty group One: Italy and France have been accused of reneging on promises to increase aid to African nations
|
| Jun.22 |
Sarkozy speaks out against burka French President at a special session of parliament has spoken out strongly against the wearing of the burka by Muslim women in France
|
| Jun.30 |
Al Qaeda threatens France over burqas |
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| Jul.23 |
France to relax Sunday shopping ban |
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| Jul.26 |
Sarkozy hospitalized after jogging scare| French President was taken to the Val de Grace military hospital for medical tests after falling ill while exercising near Paris | |
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| Aug.8 |
UK, French embassy employees on trial| A mass trial of Iranians and others arrested in post-election demonstrations resumed, with about 100 defendants in Tehran's Revolutionary Court | |
|
| Aug.15 |
French minister urges burka ban |
|
| Sep.7 |
Brazil, France reach agreement on jets |
|
| Sep.21 |
Calais migrant eviction under way Hundreds of police have begun an operation to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port
|
| Sep.27 |
France condemns Polanski arrest
|
| Oct.8 |
Culture minister admits sex with 'boys'| French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand said he will not resign over his admission in a book that he paid to have sex with 'boys' in Thailand | |
|
| Oct.8 |
Minister won't resign over sex with 'boys'
|
| Nov.3 |
Anthropologist Levi-Strauss dies |
|
| Nov.14 |
Brazil and France in climate deal |
|
| Nov.27 |
Climate fund plan to help poor nations |
|
| Dec.9 |
Sarkozy, Brown urge market reform
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