French court cuts Juppe politics ban
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A French appeals court cuts a ban on former Prime Minister Alan Juppe holding public office from 10 years to one.
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TORONTO, Feb. 23 -- Canada's Supreme Court on Friday unanimously struck down the use of secret testimony to imprison and deport foreigners as possible terrorist suspects, ruling that the procedures violate Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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PARIS, Jan. 2 -- In bars and cafes across Paris, in restaurants and casinos throughout France, the once-revered cigarette now is officially banned, relegating one of the Western world's last public smoking holdouts to the ashtray of history.
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Thailand's interim government lifts a ban on political party activities imposed after last September's coup.
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Former French prime minister Alain Juppe got a new lease on his political life Wednesday when appeals judges reduced his sentence in a party financing scandal, opening the door for his possible return to office in 2007 elections.
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A censure vote removes French Polynesia's first pro-independence government, elected just four months ago.
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The French National Assembly early Thursday adopted a government bill tightening the rules for immigrants wanting to join their families in France and giving the nod to DNA tests to prove family ties.
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BRUSSELS  - The European Union executive body dropped disciplinary action against serial deficit offenders France and Germany, ending a three-year standoff that left the eurozone&#39;s budget rules crippled.
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Yahoo&#39;s face-off with France over Nazi paraphernalia took its latest twist Monday, with a federal appeals court reversing an earlier decision that found the First Amendment protected the Web portal from legal action over the issue in the United States.
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A French appeals court on Wednesday reduced the sentence for former Prime Minister Alain Juppe in a party financing scandal, opening the door for his possible return to national politics.
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The Romanian government overrules a court ban on investigations into communist-era collaboration.
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The supreme court ruled Monday that charges of vote fraud in the presidential elections were without foundation, ending a major legal challenge to Congo's first multiparty balloting since independence from Belgium in 1960.
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- The French parliament passed the law in March to ban &quot;conspicuous symbols&quot; of faith from its state school system. Guidelines for applying the law identified Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and large
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Chile&#39;s Supreme Court on Thursday morning stripped former leader August Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for the deaths of political opponents during his 1973-1990 rule.
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The French government on Saturday suspended the use of genetically modified corn crops in France while it awaits EU approval for a full ban.
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France ends a 47-year freeze on pensions for 80,000 troops from its former colonies
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France&#39;s foreign minister on Tuesday praised an administrative panel&#39;s decision to ban satellite broadcasts by Al-Manar Television station, as officials in Lebanon slammed the move as proof of Zionist pressure.