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    Thousands take to streets of Paris to protest against legalisation of gay marriage set to pass this week
    Thousands of opponents of gay marriage marched through Paris yesterday in a last-ditch protest before a law allowing same-sex union and adoption is passed tomorrow. About 50,000, most of them older people and families with children, waving pink and blue flags massed behind a banner reading: ‘All born of a mum and a dad.’ Although it ended peacefully, riot police had...
    April 22, 2013 15:57
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    French rail firm BAN black and African workers from station for arrival of Israeli President ‘because they might have been mistaken for Muslims’
    Black and North African railway workers were banned when the President of Israel visited France ‘because they might be Muslim’, it emerged today. This was despite Shimon Peres specifically arriving in the country to work towards a Middle East peace agreement between Arabs and Jews. It is now the subject of an official complaint by the SUD-Rail transport union...
    April 15, 2013 17:24
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    (Հայերեն) Փարիզում սալաֆիտական դրոշ այրող Femen ակտիվիստուհիներին կձերբակալեն
    April 12, 2013 12:53
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    France to Take Part in Future Mali Peacekeeping
    French troops will take part in a future U.N. peacekeeping mission inMaliafter they end their task of clearing al-Qaida-linked rebels out ofMali’s vast northern region. French President Francois Hollande made the announcement Thursday as he spoke beforeMorocco’s parliament, part of a two-day visit celebrating the two nations’ close cooperation. Elections...
    April 4, 2013 23:44
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    (Հայերեն) Հայրը փրկվել է հրդեհից` 5 երեխաներին թողնելով այրվող բնակարանում
    April 1, 2013 12:42
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    Depardieu back in Russia to reside on Democracy Street
    French actor Gerard Depardieu was Friday visiting his newly-adopted homeland of Russia to meet the Orthodox Patriarch, open a cinema and visit his new address on “Democracy Street”. Depardieu, who was granted a Russian passport by President Vladimir Putin after complaining at high tax rates in France, was set to spend Friday in Moscow before travelling 650...
    February 23, 2013 8:33
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    French police to DNA test entire male population of village in hunt for serial firebug who torched holiday homes popular with Brits
    The entire adult male population of a small village in northwestFranceare to be DNA tested in a bid to identify a firebug who has destroyed eight properties over the past year, including holiday homes rented out to British tourists. Four hundred Frenchmen aged between 15 and 75, representing half the population of Larmor Baden, on the coast of southern Brittany, will be...
    February 8, 2013 20:06
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    French parliament passes gay marriage vote
    France’s National Assembly on Saturday overwhelmingly approved the first and most important article of a controversial law that will allow gay couples to marry and adopt children. Deputies voted 249-97 in favour of article one of the draft legislation which redefines marriage as being an agreement between two people rather than necessarily between a man and a woman.
    February 2, 2013 23:43
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    The chimes they are a-changin’: Nine new bells arrive at Notre Dame cathedral to mark its 850th anniversary
    Nine new enormous bronze bells have arrived at thePariscathedral to replace the old ones that had been discordant for decades, and to help the landmark rediscover its historical harmony. The bells, named after saints, and prominent Catholic figures, will be on display at Notre Dame from Saturday until February 25 when they will be hoisted to its iconic twin towers. The...
    February 1, 2013 21:15
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    Strauss-Kahn due for questioning over pimping charges
    French investigators were due Thursday to question Dominique Strauss-Kahn as part of their probe into allegations that the disgraced former IMF chief procured prostitutes for sex parties. The summons, confirmed by legal sources, for interrogation in Lille came after a court the northern city in December rejected a request that the pimping charges against him be dismissed. Strauss-Kahn...
    January 24, 2013 21:39
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    Coming soon, the car that runs on air: Peugeot Citroen unveil new 117mpg hybrid (and it’s £1,000 cheaper than a Prius)
    French car giant PSA Peugeot Citroen believes it can put an air-powered vehicle on the road by 2016. Its scientists say it will knock 45 per cent off fuel bills for an average motorist. And when driving in towns and cities costs could be slashed by as much as 80 per cent because the car will be running on air for four-fifths of the time. The system works by using a normal...
    January 23, 2013 20:51
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    France says has begun military intervention in Mali
    France said it launched a military operation in Mali on Friday to help the government there stem a push southwards by Islamist rebels who control much of the north, in a turnaround from its earlier stance against intervention by its forces. President Francois Hollande said a surge by the rebels into new territory this week had heightened the security situation and prompted...
    January 12, 2013 19:12
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    Depardieu skips French court to prep for Strauss-Kahn role
    French film star Gerard Depardieu failed to show up in court to face drink driving charges on Tuesday because he was preparing to play disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film, his lawyer said. The no-show means the case will turn into a full trial – guaranteeing yet another day in the spotlight for the garrulous actor currently caught up in a...
    January 8, 2013 22:37
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    Spare elephants or I’m off to Russia: Brigitte Bardot
    French cinema legend Brigitte Bardot on Friday threatened to follow Gerard Depardieu to Russia unless two elephants under threat of being put down are granted a reprieve. In a surreal twist to the saga over Depardieu’s move into tax exile, the veteran animal rights campaigner said she would emulate his request for Russian nationality unless authorities intervened...
    January 4, 2013 20:54
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    Putin Gives Depardieu Russian Passport
    French actor Gerard Depardieu, intent on fleeing France’s new steep taxes on its richest citizens, said today he was delighted to hear that President Putin approved his request for a Russian passport because “I love your country” and called Russia a “great democracy.” On Thursday, Putin signed a decree granting the actor Russian citizenship. That will allow him...
    January 4, 2013 19:32
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    French 75% tax rate on rich ruled unconstitutional
    France’s highest constitutional authority on Saturday struck down the 75 percent tax rate on earnings over one million euros, one of the centrepieces of Socialist President Francois Hollande’s 2013 budget adopted by parliament. The Constitutional Council also also rejected new methods for calculating the wealth tax, the council said in a statement.
    December 30, 2012 6:35
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    Belgium claims ownership of French fries
    Fries, crunchy, tasty fried sticks of potato are claimed both by Belgium and France as the product of their national gastronomic genius but the true origins are shrouded in popular folklore. “Fries, they are the orphan of street cooking, of low birth. That is why it’s hard to establish where they really come from,” says French historian Madeleine Ferriere. The...
    December 28, 2012 21:17
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    François Hollande under fire as gay marriage bill divides France
    David Cameron is not the only European leader to be unsettled by the gay marriage debate. The French president, François Hollande, is under fire for his proposals to legalise gay marriage, as street demonstrations illustrate the deep divisions in society. Religious groups and the right have led thousands in protest rallies, while equality campaigners and several leftwing...
    December 14, 2012 19:38
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