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French court clears way for gay marriage
France’s constitutional court has cleared the way for allowing same-sex marriage and adoption. President Francois Hollande has promised to sign the bill as soon as possible raising the prospect of the first gay weddings within weeks. Politicians adopted the law last month after a series of pro and anti street ...
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Divided Europe veers between urgent growth and bleak austerity
Angela Merkel 's pro-austerity policies soon after becoming president in May last year, blamed the tough cutbacks regime imposed on troubled economies for much of Europe's economic problems. "What is hitting Europe is a recession provoked by the austerity policy," Hollande said at a Paris news conference. The president was especially keen to pin the blame on European ...
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Airbus Boeing will battle for PR at Paris Air Show
Airbus rolled out the first fully painted A350 Monday. With the Paris Air Show just a month away, Airbus may be preparing to try to take the wind away from Boeings resurgent 787 Dreamliner. Airbus rolled out its fully painted and flyable A350 Monday, with engines installed, and this week was starting to run that aircraft through electrical testing. That gives rise to speculation that Airbus will ...
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France set to sign gay marriage and adoption bill
French President Francois Hollande is set to sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, who had made "marriage for all" a key election pledge, made the announcement saying it was "now time to respect the law and the Republic" after the top French institution ...
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Armed man arrested at the Cannes Film Festival
Jury member Christoph Waltz arrives at the jury photocall during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15, 2013. UPI/David ...
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Cannes Chinas Seven Stars Frances Stone Angels Form Joint Venture
Cannes: 'Grace of Monaco' Images Preview Nicole Kidman as Grace Kelly (Exclusive Photos) The companies say their first collaboration will be a project ...
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Looking Out Gay marriage makes strides in France
. Here's a look at what's making a splash today: -- Same-sex marriage has made pretty high-profile strides in the last three weeks, but things are picking up across the Atlantic, ...
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Liberte Inegalite Fraternite Is French elitism holding the country back
John Lichfield has been The Independent's man in Paris since 1997, covering French news. Before that, he was the paper's Foreign Editor and he has also worked in Brussels and ...
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Paris Hilton and boyfriend River Viiperi get their PDA on at Cannes party
You know what, she might have had to give up her sex-tape-reality-star-crown to Kim Kardashian (not sure that's such a great loss), but we're kind of loving Paris Hilton right now. Not only has she ...
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World Briefing | Europe Frances Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Ruled Constitutional
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French shipbuilders join forces
French naval shipbuilders Piriou and DCNS have started a joint venture to build government agency ships to civil standards. The joint venture, for French and international markets, is Kership. Piriou holds 55 percent of the company while DCNS the remainder. "The ambition of Piriou and DCNS is to develop a world leader in ships built to civil standards intended mainly for State action at ...
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Aid Group Condemns Attack on Civilians in Eastern DRC
NAIROBI -- The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF, has condemned a brutal attack on civilians living in Mpeti village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. MSF says frequent attacks by armed groups in the villages and towns of North Kivu province have made it difficult for the group to provide medical assistance. The village in North Kivu ...
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Cuban Painting Music On Display in France
Paris, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban music and painting converged on the same stage during the opening here of an exhibition of visual artists from the Caribbean country, which also featured a performance by trova singer Tony Avila. A dozen works by three painters from Pinar del Rio: Humberto Hernández, Pablo Fernández and Quisbel Blanco comprise the exhibition at the Alejo ...
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European stocks rebound as Paris tops 4000 points
LONDON (AFP) - Europe's main stock markets rebounded on Friday, with Paris jumping above 4,000 points for the first time since July 2011 as traders went bargain-hunting after earlier losses, dealers said.Paris's CAC 40 index climbed 0.56 percent to close the day at 4,001.27 points.Meanwhile in Frankfurt the DAX 30 index closed with a fresh record high after gaining 0.34 percent to ...
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Dont let strangers in even in Paris
When a man in work clothes showed up at her door, the Monitor's Europe bureau chief let him inside. But fortunately, he didn't get a chance to pull off a well-known Parisian ...
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Coloccini French recruits will blossom with time
However, captain Coloccini, who has been linked with a departure from the club at the end of the season, believes the French contingent will only get better with more time in the English top ...
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Tennis Sharapova Pulled Out of Rome to Boost French Open Chances
ROME, May 17 (R-Sport) - World No. 2 Maria Sharapova admitted Friday to R-Sport that the upcoming French Open played a part in her decision to pull out of the Italian Open in Rome. Sharapova withdrew citing illness Friday, hours before she was due to play world No. 6 Sara Errani in the Rome quarterfinals. "I usually don’t withdraw from tournament and all the competitions I play in ...
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Mass killings threat in France
Strasbourg, France - Police on Friday deployed across high schools in the eastern French region of Strasbourg following Internet threats by a young man to stage mass killings and shoot himself, a day after a gruesome suicide at a Paris primary ...
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Beckham to Retire After Paris Saint Germains Final Game
LA Galaxy soccer player David Beckham attends a news conference to announce the Herbalife World Football Challenge 2011 soccer tournament in Los Angeles July 12, 2011. Real Madrid will play in a friendly soccer match against LA Galaxy on Saturday ...
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France Top Politician Cleared Over Asbestos
A leading French politician has been cleared on appeal of a manslaughter charge connected with thousands of deaths caused by exposure to asbestos. The court's decision on Martine Aubry, who led the ruling Socialist party before the court proceedings, clears the way for her to return to top-level politics. The politician - who had stood against Francois Holland in the primary to become ...
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IHT Rendezvous France Fights Racism By Outlawing ‘Race’
its drafters said had no scientific basis , but which could be seen as giving judicial legitimacy to racist ideologues. From now on, the word ';racial';, as well as ';race';, will be dropped from relevant articles of the French penal code, or replaced by the word ';ethnic.'; Skeptics in the Assembly and beyond suggested the measure was mainly symbolic and was ...
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KOD unveils new live French show Mana - A Cirque Spectacle from France
After experiencing great success with their still running shows Zangoora, Jhumroo, and The Legend of Kong Fu, which has completed its run, Gurgaon's live entertainment hub Kingdom of Dreams has introduced a new stunning show 'Mana - A Cirque Spectacle from ...
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France’s Trierweiler tours Gao
France's first lady Valerie Trierweiler began a tour of Mali on Thursday with a visit to Gao, one of several northern cities liberated by a French-led military operation against an Islamist ...
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IFA brings in fodder from France for hard-hit farmers
A load of fodder has arrived into the country today from France this morning, to alleviate the burden on Irish farmers.IFA President John Bryan welcomed the arrival of the fodder this morning and said his organisation will begin directing it to the west and border counties, where it is needed most.Mr Bryan has called on all co-ops to continue to source fodder wherever possible to assist the ...
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Frances ID Logistics eyes acquisitions in 2013
wants to make acquisitions as early as this year to reach new clients at home and abroad and maintain its double-digit sales growth, its head said.The group, which aims to make half of revenue abroad in 2015 compared with 41 percent currently, is targeting companies in France, Brazil and Spain and could also look at China, Taiwan and Poland in one or two years, Chief Executive Eric Hemar ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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