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Burkina Rally Celebrates French Troop Pull-out Announcement
Paris confirmed this week that the troops will leave within a month AFP Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou Saturday in support of the ruling junta, days…
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‘Unbearable Distress’: Families Rally For French Held In Iran
Benjamin Briere was arrested in May 2020 and sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison for spying AFP Families of the French citizens jailed in Iran held a…
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The Mumbai Atelier That’s The Secret Workshop Of Top French Fashion
Creations by Shanagar has made fabrics for top fashion houses and the film ‘Moulin Rouge!’ AFP Sitting in a lotus position, four men weave glittering beads through gold thread on…
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French And German Leaders Gloss Over Divisions At Summit
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attend a joint news conference as part of a Franco-German joint cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France January…
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Burkina Faso Wants French Troops Out: State News Agency
Demonstrators gathered in Burkina’s capital Ouagadougou on Friday to demand the French ambassador leave the country and that the French military base there be closed AFP Burkina Faso’s military regime…
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French Nurse Fears Macron’s Pension Reform Will Leave Women Worse Off
Femimist activists dressed as Rosie the Riveter icon perform during a demonstration against French government’s pension reform plan in Paris as part of a day of national strike and protests…
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Secret Beeline: French Son Of WWII German Soldier Uncovers Hidden Origins
Soudan’s half-sister brought along a picture of him she had found in a photo album AFP The best Christmas present Thierry Soudan ever received was a candle made from beeswax…
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French Writers Go On Trial In Moroccan King Blackmail Case
Eric Laurent and Catherine Graciet, here seen on the cover of Moroccan newspapers in 2015, have been accused of trying to blackmail Morocco’s king AFP Two French journalists went on…
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Macron Presses Ahead With Pension Reform As French Discontent Swells
A worker is silhouetted on a scaffolding installed on the facade of the Centre Georges Pompidou modern art museum during a visit following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Paris,…
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Former Chief of Russian Space Agency Sends Piece of Shrapnel that Nearly Killed Him in Donetsk to French President
Zelensky visits troops in Donetsk, presents state awards Dmitry Rogozin, the former chief of Russian space agency Roscosmos, has sent a piece of shrapnel from a French howitzer shell that…
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French Prosecutors Seek Fraud Trial For Former Spy Chief
Bernard Squarcini is suspected of influence-peddling after leaving intelligence for the private sector AFP Prosecutors have urged a trial for the ex-head of France’s domestic intelligence agency in a sprawling…
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Ukrainian Billionaire Arrested At French Ski Resort In Bank Investigation
Representation. French police (National Gendarmerie) Pixabay A Ukrainian businessman was arrested Tuesday at a high-end ski resort in the French Alps and accused of embezzling over $100 million. French police…
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Suicide Probe Opened After Iranian Found Dead In French River
Mohammad Moradi had said on Instagram he was going to commit suicide AFP French authorities were Tuesday investigating as suicide the drowning of an Iranian man in the southeastern city…
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Virus Scare Hits French Camp Ahead of Final Against Argentina; Three Players Missed Training on Friday
NASA sensors to detect methane produced by landfills globally The virus-hit French football team has been ‘enforcing social distancing’ and taking all precautions ahead of the crucial final match of…
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Last French Troops Leave Central African Republic
Forty-seven troops from a logistical support unit left Bangui airport aboard a C-130 transporter AFP The last French troops deployed in the Central African Republic left on Thursday following a…
