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JUSTICE: Strauss-Kahn gang rape investigation launched
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 09:16:41 +0000
French prosecutors on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into allegations that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn (pictured) took part in a gang rape in Washington in 2010. He has already been charged in northern France for “pimping”.
FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: Battle begins for control of France's parliament
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 05:33:14 +0000
Campaigning for France's parliamentary elections officially begins Monday in what is expected to be a fierce battle between left and right. Without a majority in the lower house, President Hollande will struggle to deliver on his campaign promises.
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AFGHANISTAN: Hollande faces NATO wrath over Afghan troop pullout
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 05:06:02 +0000
French President François Hollande's vow to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012, two years before NATO's planned pullout, was set to cause friction amongst NATO leaders as they met for a summit in Chicago on Sunday.
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DIPLOMACY: Hollande turns tide against Merkel's austerity
France News Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 07:22:41 +0000
The world’s most powerful leaders held talks at the G8 summit on Saturday with the eurozone crisis top of their agenda. Francois Hollande’s call for growth won him some powerful allies as he battles against Germany’s insistence on austerity.
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FRANCE - AUTO ACCIDENT: Racecar crashes into crowd at French rally, killing two
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 07:06:11 +0000
A car competing at the 14th annual Maures regional rally in France's southern town of Draguignan crashed into a crowd of spectators on Saturday, killing at least two people and badly injuring a further 15.
DIPLOMACY: Hollande affirms France's early Afghan exit in US talks
France News Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 19:19:58 +0000
In his first talks with US President Barack Obama on Friday, French President François Hollande said he would honour a campaign pledge to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan this year but said France would support the NATO mission in other ways.
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FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: Hollande’s new Socialist cabinet in numbers
France News Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 13:38:41 +0000
French President François Hollande's new 34-member cabinet has been lauded for having 17 women ministers, the same number as men. Here's a look at some of the other eye-catching figures in France’s freshly appointed ministerial club.
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FRANCE - SWEDEN: IKEA fires four managers for spying on staff, clients
France News Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 18:25:08 +0000
Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA said Friday that it was firing its risk management director and three former managers at its French division over allegations they paid for access to secret police files on staff and customers.
FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: New French foreign minister faces baptism of fire
France News Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:46:10 +0000
Almost three decades after becoming France’s youngest-ever prime minister, Laurent Fabius (left) returned to government this week as the new French foreign minister. With Syria, Iran and Afghanistan high on the agenda, Fabius faces a baptism of fire.
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FRANCE: New French govt agrees 30% pay cut for president, ministers
France News Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 14:50:45 +0000
France's new Socialist government agreed a 30% salary cut for the president and for members of the cabinet at its first meeting on Thursday. “It’s setting an example,” Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said in a televised interview Wednesday.
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SWIMMING: Limbless Frenchman swims first leg of global journey
France News Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:18:01 +0000
A Frenchman who lost his limbs successfully swam from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia on Thursday, the first part of his mission to swim between five continents. Philippe Croizon, 43, used prosthetics with flippers to make the 20-kilometre journey.
FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: World ponders Hollande's role on international stage
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 15:31:47 +0000
Moments after his first encounter with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, France’s new president, François Hollande, was already being sized up by the international press.
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FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: Ayrault takes over as new French prime minister
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:19:26 +0000
Jean-Marc Ayrault (right), the Socialist Party's parliamentary leader and a longtime ally of France's new president, officially took over from François Fillon (left) as prime minister during a swearing-in ceremony in Paris on Wednesday.
FRANCE: Socialist Party leader Aubry agrees not to serve in new government
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:10:01 +0000
Socialist Party chief Martine Aubry said Wednesday that she has "amicably" agreed not to serve on the cabinet of new President François Hollande. Aubry, who will remain party leader, lost to Hollande in the Socialist primary last year.
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FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: Hollande and Merkel vow to seek growth for Europe
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:56:06 +0000
Hours after being sworn in as France’s new head of state on Tuesday, François Hollande capped a marathon first day as French president with a trip to Berlin, where he and Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to work together to drag Europe out of crisis.
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Louis XIV railway carriages take to Paris-Versailles line
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 14:48:10 +0000
Possibly the most glamorous local railway carriages in the world started operating on Wednesday between Paris and Versailles. They may look like any old beat-up railway train on the outside but inside they are decorated with reproductions of interiors from the royal château of Versailles.
FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: Hollande names longtime ally Ayrault as prime minister
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:11:46 +0000
Jean-Marc Ayrault, the leader of the Socialist Party in parliament and the mayor of Nantes, was named France's new prime minister on Tuesday by François Hollande. Ayrault is a longtime ally of the new president and a known moderate.
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FRENCH ELECTIONS 2012: France ushers in new era with understated Hollande
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:13:38 +0000
François Hollande won France’s presidential election by vowing to break with predecessor’s Nicolas Sarkozy’s much criticized flashiness and plans for fiscal austerity. Inauguration day gives Hollande his first chance to deliver on those promises.
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CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2012: Feminists cry foul as Cannes prepares for take-off
France News Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 06:50:08 +0000
With the world’s most prestigious and glamorous cinema event about to get underway, France’s feminists are angry and festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux is on the defensive.
FRANCE - GERMANY: France, eurozone stagnate in first quarter
France News Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:28:08 +0000
Official figures show the eurozone was flat in the first quarter of the year, though it did manage to avoid dipping into a recession. France also stagnated, whereas Germany posted a surprising 0.5 % growth.
Yemen vows to fight as Qaeda bomber kills 96 troops
France News Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 00:26:41 +0000
<p>Yemen vowed to fight "terrorism" regardless of the sacrifices as Al-Qaeda claimed it was behind a bombing on Monday that saw a soldier blow himself up in the middle of an army battalion, killing 96 troops.</p><p>US President Barack Obama said the United States was very worried about the threat posed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate and pledged to work with the Yemeni government to crack down on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), blamed for several Yemeni-based attempts to blow up US airliners and cargo planes.</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
Michelle Obama gives new French first lady tips
France News Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 00:26:43 +0000
<p>France's new first lady, Valerie Trierweiler, Monday said she had been given some precious tips on her new role by Michelle Obama, as she eyed a future as an ambassador for equality.</p><p>"What interests me, is the beginning, the children, equal opportunity," she told reporters after a visit to a French school in Chicago, where NATO leaders held a summit.</p><p>"There is an expectation and we are getting huge amounts of letters from associations. I'll look into it, little by little."</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
Obama says very concerned by Al-Qaeda in Yemen
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 23:45:20 +0000
<p>US President Barack Obama said Monday the United States was very worried about the threat posed by an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen after the group massacred almost 100 soldiers in a huge suicide blast.</p><p>Obama pledged to work with the Yemeni government to crack down on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) which has been blamed for several Yemeni-based attempts to blow up US airliners and cargo planes.</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
Youth joblessness back at crisis peak: ILO
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 23:25:10 +0000
<p>Youth joblessness is almost back at its peak following the outbreak of the global economic crisis and is unlikely to ease until at least 2016, the International Labour Organization warned Tuesday.</p><p>The ILO said nearly 75 million youths or 12.7 percent of people aged 15 to 24 will be out of work this year, up from 12.6 percent in 2011.</p><p>The jobless total is creeping towards the 75.4 million unemployed in 2009 when the financial crisis caused the number to soar.</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
US student in gay webcam spying gets 30 days jail
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 22:45:11 +0000
<p> An Indian immigrant college student convicted of illegally filming his gay roommate on a webcam received a big break Monday when a judge sentenced him to just 30 days behind bars, not the possible 10 years.</p><p>Dharun Ravi, who shared the webcam footage with friends in his dormitory at Rutgers University in New Jersey, had also faced possible deportation, but the judge said he would not recommend it.</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
Sea weed: marijuana found floating off US coast
France News Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 22:25:12 +0000
<p>US coast guards have recovered more than four tonnes of marijuana -- 160 bales -- floating off the coast of California, in a mystery incident, police said Monday.</p><p>The drug haul, worth more than $3 million on the street, was spotted Sunday off the coast of Dana Point, some 96 km (60 miles) south of Los Angeles, said local sheriff's office spokesman Joe Balicki.</p><p>A drug smuggling accident would be an obvious explanation, though the amount involved would have required a larger vessel than a small craft typically used to smuggle drugs around the nearby Mexican-US border.</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div>
POLITICS: French Presidency: A break with the past?
France News Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 15:31:34 +0000
It was a week of handovers. On Tuesday, France's first Socialist president in 17 years made his way up the red carpet and into the history books, becoming only the second Socialist since 1958 to take up residence at the Élysée palace.
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POLITICS: François Hollande: A 'normal' president?
France News Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 12:43:54 +0000
François Hollande is France's new leader; only the second Socialist president since 1958. But while Hollande has won the mother of all French political battles, he has not won the war. Both the Socialists and Conservatives are gearing up for crucial parliamentary elections in June. They will shape the Hollande presidency by deciding whether he will have a majority to implement his policies or not.
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POLITICS: French Presidential Runoff: Dear far-right voters...
France News Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:40:33 +0000
We are now 10 days away from the second round run-off of the French presidential election. As expected, the ballot will feature François Hollande versus Nicolas Sarkozy. But the wild card will be Marine Le Pen and her 6.4 million voters in the first round. Both candidates want her voters, but how far can they go? And will it work?
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POLITICS: Presidential Election: Sarkozy and Hollande in pole position
France News Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:11:24 +0000
There are now only a few days left before we will know the verdict of the first round of France's presidential election. So who is likely to win the most votes in this first round, and in the run-off two weeks later?
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POLITICS: Presidential Election: The final countdown
France News Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:51:03 +0000
There are now only ten days left before round one of the French presidential election. It's the final stretch in a gruelling campaign - the candidates are exhausted but still lining up rallies and interviews. It's time for the French to make up their minds, although the latest opinion polls show little change, with François Hollande still the favourite.
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POLITICS: Presidential Race: Can Hollande lose?
France News Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:38:43 +0000
In all likelihood, we already know the names of the two top candidates who will make it to the second round of France's presidential election: Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande. And if the polls are right, Hollande will be France's next president, the first Socialist since Mitterrand was re-elected back in 1988. But there is still time for voters to change their minds and unanticipated events to take place. So is it a done deal or an open race?
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