Second deadlocked vote leaves France's Pacific idyll in turmoil
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One of France's most exotic colonial possessions, the South Pacific territory of French Polynesia, has been plunged into political crisis after elections left pro- and anti-independence parties with an equal ...
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France faced a second day of paralysing public transport strikes Friday as one smaller rail union decided to prolong its stoppage over planned pension reforms.
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Almost two years ago, France was leading the international coalition against the U.S.-led war in Iraq, and Paris kept up a steady drumbeat of criticism against Washington's postwar reconstruction efforts.
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There's still no sign of a resolution of the political standoff in French Polynesia.
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PARIS - Support for striking transport workers faltered yesterday, with some unions returning to work on the second day of a protest against government plans to scrap some retirement benefits and commuters grumbling about delays and crowded platforms.
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THE incoming president of the European commission is facing the wrath of the European parliament for the second time in a row over a criminal conviction of Jacques Barrot, his French commissioner.
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France evacuated hundreds more citizens  fleeing violence in Ivory Coast on Thursday as opposition  leaders from its former colony gathered in South Africa for  talks aimed at rebuilding peace.
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A fresh attempt by the sharply divided parliament to elect a Lebanese president was likely to be postponed for the ninth time Monday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post.
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French Polynesia fails to elect a new leader as a political crisis  which saw separatists ousted from power continues to unravel.
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France is the latest country to lose patience with Syria, the country that holds the key to ending Lebanon's political impasse
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Pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru was elected president of French Polynesia for the second time on Thursday, less than two weeks after his predecessor lost power in a political rebellion.
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The deeply divided Lebanese parliament failed again to elect a president Monday and voting was postponed until Saturday amid a political impasse that continues to hold up the army chief's election for the post
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When the mayor of Rouen, in Normandy, arranged recently to return the mummified, tattooed head of a Maori warrior to New Zealand, Franceâs Ministry of Culture stepped in to block him.
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Business & money: Â· Two years of strife over dual control ends  Â· France and Germany fall out over raising new funds
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An unlikely icon is at the center of President Sarkozy's latest problem with some parts of the public
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In a vote which could have profound knock-on effects in both France and Europe, members of France's opposition Socialist party (PS) were being ballotted on whether to back the EU's proposed new constitution.
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A second day of strike action over pension reforms disrupts French rail services, with the Paris metro badly hit.