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Sarkozy to gain most from his plan for Palestinian state
22/09/2011 - UNITED NATIONS

Sarkozy to gain most from his plan for Palestinian state

Soon after President Barack Obama ruled out a “shortcut” to a Palestinian state Wednesday, his French counterpart took to the stage to make a proposal: non-member statehood. Widely expected not to take flight, is the stunt driven by ulterior motives?
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Short on mosques, Paris Muslims pray in fire station
18/09/2011 - FRANCE

Short on mosques, Paris Muslims pray in fire station

Parisian Muslims escaped a government ban on street prayers Friday when some 5,000 worshippers piled into a makeshift mosque in the north of the capital.
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Why calling a Jew a Jew is still taboo in France
18/09/2011 - FRANCE

Why calling a Jew a Jew is still taboo in France

Apple removed an iPhone app naming Jewish celebrities from its French store Wednesday, following legal threats from conservative Jewish activists. The app’s creator, who is Jewish himself, says it’s time for French Jews to come out of the closet.
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Strauss-Kahn homecoming puts Socialists in a muddle
03/09/2011 - POLITICS

Strauss-Kahn homecoming puts Socialists in a muddle

Socialist presidential hopeful Martine Aubry made a surprise move away from Dominique Strauss-Kahn this week, forcing other party members to decide on a suitable distance from the one-time golden boy before his imminent return to France.
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French wines fall victim to Chinese counterfeiting
22/08/2011 - CHINA

French wines fall victim to Chinese counterfeiting

After designer handbags, perfumes and tablet computers, the latest global success story to fall victim to Chinese counterfeiting is French wine. The process is easy, a vender tells FRANCE 24, and most customers don’t seem able to tell the difference.
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France, the world’s most depressed nation?
22/08/2011 - FRANCE

France, the world’s most depressed nation?

France was proclaimed “world champion of misery” by its own press this week after a report published in the US rated the French as most likely to suffer from clinical depression. The statistics are there, but is the reality?
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Republicans, Democrats agree on ‘short-term’ debt deal
02/08/2011 - USA

Republicans, Democrats agree on ‘short-term’ debt deal

By narrowly escaping an unprecedented US default, the last-minute debt deal struck by Republicans and Democrats Sunday came as a welcome relief to markets, although critics say it is a short-term solution in place of more "coherent" reforms.
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Senators query Murdoch as Britain calls for empire break-up
18/07/2011 - MEDIA

Senators query Murdoch as Britain calls for empire break-up

Britain’s opposition leader Ed Miliband called for the break-up of Rupert Murdoch’s “unhealthy” media conglomerate Sunday, banging another nail into the News International coffin. But what of the US where Murdoch’s empire is even more imposing?
Who is the French writer accusing Strauss-Kahn of sex crimes?
06/07/2011 - JUSTICE

Who is the French writer accusing Strauss-Kahn of sex crimes?

The second woman to accuse former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempted rape is known in France as a wealthy young novelist and the daughter of a prominent Socialist politician. But there’s a lot more to Tristane Banon than meets the eye.
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Sarkozy’s ex-wife sparks frenzy with 2012 'novel'
16/06/2011 - FRANCE

Sarkozy’s ex-wife sparks frenzy with 2012 'novel'

Nicolas Sarkozy's ex-wife, Cécilia Attias, announced Monday that she will be publishing an autobiographical novel in 2012, a day after speaking candidly about her former husband for the first time in four years. Are more revelations to come?
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