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World News tagged with France

Great Debate: What Does It Mean to Be French?
World  (tags: society, France, world, politics, government, interesting )

Cal
- 14 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Country orders soul-searching against backdrop of immigrant tensions
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55 Anti-Semitic Attacks in France Since War In Gaza
World  (tags: Anti semetic attacks, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', France, politics, terrorism, violence )

Kit
- 276 days ago - gatewaypundit.blogspot.com
President Nicolas Sarkozy has appealed for calm and warned that perpetrators of hate violence will be severely punished if they try to "transpose" the Arab-Israeli conflict to France.
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In France, a View of Colonialism in Algeria
World  (tags: Algeria, France, Colonialism, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, EU )

Blue
- 278 days ago - nytimes.com
In Perpignan, France, a relative of a "pied noir" grieved at the Wall of the Disappeared, a memorial to colonists in Algeria.
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General Strike Shakes France's Caribbean Colonies
World  (tags: Caribbean, capitalism, colonialism, labor strike, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', politics, France )

Simon
- 282 days ago - links.org.au
The general strike in 2 French colonies in the Caribbean continues. It began in Guadeloupe on Jan 20 & spread to Martinique on Feb 5 to protest the high cost of living & the gross inequality between whites & blacks that has continued from slavery til now.
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A World-Class Lunch
World  (tags: Picasso, France, art, lunch, culture, memory )

RC
- 418 days ago - nytimes.com
Charming vignette of a child's introduction to the playful Pablo Picasso.
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French Latest to Realize the Perils of E-Voting
World  (tags: rigged elections, France )


- 515 days ago - arstechnica.com
Discrepancies were found at almost 30 percent of polling stations that use electronic machines and only at about 5 percent of those using paper ballots. (Did Sarkozy win the same way that Bush won?)
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TOTALly Outta There
World  (tags: Iran, France, energy, liquified natural gas, war, attacks, Israel, Condoleezza Rice, US )

RC
- 517 days ago - washingtonpost.com
French energy giant TOTAL announced today that it is "too risky to invest in Iran for now." What's the underlying message here?
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France Shocked By Attack on Muslim War Graves
World  (tags: france, neo-nazis )


- 612 days ago - rawstory.com
"This is the most inadmissible kind of racism and the president of the republic shares the pain of France's entire Muslim community," said a statement issued by the presidency. France's Muslim community is Europe's largest at around five million.
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NATO Allies Rebuff Bush On Xpansion, 'Looking Forward Now To The Next President'
World  (tags: Bush, NATO, war, Iraq, lies, deception, politics, oil, Germany, France, Russia )

Blue
- 613 days ago - thinkprogress.org
Even though Bush was putting "his personal prestige on the line" in supporting membership for the former Soviet Republics, he was forced to check his legacy at the door. NATO rebuffed, a "remarkable rejection of American policy in an alliance normally...
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Sarkozy Uses Olympics to Pressure China on Tibet
World  (tags: tibet, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', china, France )

Jaron
- 613 days ago - phayul.com
French President Nicholas Sarkozy stepped up the pressure on China Saturday over its handling of the Tibet crisis by warning he may boycott the Olympic opening, following fresh violence.
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French President Asks China to End Violence in Tibet, Offers to Facilitate Dialogue With Dalai Lama
World  (tags: tibet, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', china, France )

Jaron
- 624 days ago - savetibet.org
French President NicolasSarkozy has said on March 24, 2008 that he has informed Chinese President Hu Jintao about his deep distress at the recent events in Tibet and called for an end to the violence there through dialogue.
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FRANCE PROBES LOCAL ELECTION SOCK FRAUD - HEAD OF POLLING STATION FOUND WITH VOTING SLIPS STUFFED IN HIS SOCKS !
World  (tags: France, voting fraud, Perpignan, President Sarkozy, right-wing UMP party, frauder's brother, narrow victory, Socialist candidate, narrowly lost, generalized fraud )

Alba
- 628 days ago - adetocqueville.com
Local prosecutors, not convinced by claim he was planning to correct counting error, request charges against polling station head in southern city of Perpignan elections, found with voting slips stuffed into his socks. Connected to Pres Sarkozy's party...
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'Dirty Bomb' Threat as UK Ships Plutonium to France
World  (tags: plutonium, UK, france )


- 640 days ago - independent.co.uk
Weapons-ready plutonium that terrorists could easily make into a nuclear bomb is to be carried hundreds of miles down the west coast of Britain in an unarmed ship
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ON THIS DAY - 1996: France Halts Nuclear Testing
World  (tags: france, pacific, nuclear testing, south pacific, 1996, on this day )

Chrissy
- 680 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The French President, Jacques Chirac, has said France will no longer test nuclear weapons. The announcement comes a day after France exploded its sixth and biggest nuclear device in the South Pacific.
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It's My Birthday
World  (tags: Christmas, Jesus, 'PEACE!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', africa, americans, asia, australia, children, europe, france, freedoms, GoodNews, HumanRights, iraq, israel, middle-east, pakistan, palestine, peace, Refugees&Relief, russia, UnitedNations, india, iran, world, ve )

Michael
- 736 days ago - wheelnanddealin.com
CHRISTMAS AT THE GAS STATION" The old man sat in his gas station on a cold Christmas Eve. He hadn't been anywhere in years since his wife had passed away. It was just another day to him. He didn't hate Christmas, just couldn't find a reason to celebr
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