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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - France defended itself Friday against accusations by Ivory Coast authorities, and some western evacuees, that it used excessive force to protect foreigners against violent mobs during five days of upheaval in its former West
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France appears reluctant to commit its own forces to save the government, but the rebels are unlikely to win much recognition if they win
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CHERBOURG, France, Oct 6  - Police threw a heavy escort around a shipment of plutonium from US weapons arsenals as it was offloaded from a ship and taken by military convoy to a nuclear recycling plant in western France on Wednesday despite protests
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Franceâs president said that if Iran had one or two nuclear weapons, it would not pose a big danger. A day later, he retracted many of his remarks.
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Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton defended the bank's management in an interview published Saturday, saying the rogue trader scandal was not the fault of strategic errors.
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PARIS - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner yesterday strongly defended his sharp stance on Iran's nuclear program, saying his remarks that the world had to prepare for a possible war against Iran had been misinterpreted and that he was a man of peace.
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The leaders of France and Romania on Wednesday defended their decision not to invite Lebanese President Emile Lahoud to a summit of French-speaking countries here.Comment
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France have kept the side which beat Australia last weekend for their game against Argentina next Saturday. &quot;We decided not to change an iota from a team which gave us complete
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France have lodged a protest with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) over a dope-testing irregularity by the Chinese team during their Fed Cup tie in Beijing earlier this month.
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France is facing a "high and permanent" terrorist threat, the country's interior minister says.
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PARIS, Oct 4  - A French MP behind a failed bid to free two French reporters held hostage in Iraq defended his freelance operation Monday amid sharp official and media criticism that he may have endangered their lives.
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Spain coach Luis Aragones has defended himself against accusations of racism in the wake of his remarks about French striker Thierry Henry, saying his conscience is completely clear.
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France will act "tirelessly" to ensure the safety of French citizens and other foreigners in Ivory Coast, President Jacques Chirac said Friday.
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Hezbollah on Tuesday shrugged off French accusations that it engaged in terrorism, without threatening to pull out of an all-party conference in France aimed at easing Lebanon&#39;s political crisis.
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France dismissed accusations made in an official US report that French businessmen and politicians received bribes from Saddam Hussein in order to influence government policy on Iraq, with the foreign ministry describing them as &quot;unverified.&quot;
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PARIS - France issued an implicit criticism of U.S. foreign policy on Thursday, rejecting talk of a "war on terror".Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, speaking in parliament, expressed these views on global ...
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The UK defends itself against claims by Interpol's head that Britain is failing to check a database of stolen passports.