French serious on secularism
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They arrived as they do every December: brightly wrapped gifts destined for children at a kindergarten in rural northern France.
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PARIS: France&#39;s state schools grappling with a new law banning Muslim headscarves have started expelling students refusing to put education before their religion.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin reiterated France's support for Turkey's eventual membership of the European Union but warned Ankara might not yet be ready to accept Western values, in an interview ...
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Sarkozy, Sarkozy, wherefore art thou planning thy wedding?
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Come Monday, President Nicolas Sarkozy will likely be one of Europe's most powerful leaders. With the government, parliament and top state bodies under his conservative camp's control, he should face little political resistance as he seeks to reshape France.
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Young people can change the world, Mr Sarkozy said The leader of France's governing UMP party, Nicolas Sarkozy, has called for a break with the past in a keynote speech to young party activists.
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In the digital age, the next best thing to being there might be this: a French phone number.
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French Muslim and Jewish groups hold landmark talks on tackling racism and boosting understanding.
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Dialogue between China and France, two countries which highly value cultural diversity and pluralism in international politics, is no doubt conducive to world peace.
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France is pressing on with plans for a French-language rival to 24-hour global news stations such as CNN, a minister says, adding that such a station would help France explain its foreign policy.
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Religious, secular, inclusive, traditional: It's turning out to be an intense year in the debate over how to celebrate.
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A teacher in France is the latest to face death threats for daring to criticize the religion and its prophet's emphasis on violence
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France proposes measures to ensure its Muslim prayer leaders speak French and understand the way of life.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin makes a surprise call for democratic reform in Tunisia.
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For some French Muslims, two worlds collided as the ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in public schools took effect.
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It is feared that Islamists may one day turn Turkey into a fundamentalist state. Unlikely as it may be in view of Turkeyâs deeply rooted secularism, such a risk cannot be totally excluded.
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French centre-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy sets out his foreign policy vision.