&#39;French CNN&#39; to challenge US view of world affairs
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France is to launch a French-language news channel next year in a long-awaited attempt to challenge the dominance of the American view of world current affairs, the prime minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, said yesterday.
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French Socialist presidential candidate Segolene Royal plans to make a trip to the United States early next year during which she will expound on her criticisms of globalisation, one of her top advisors has said.
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The French government is preparing to establish a "new alliance" with the United States after next week's election, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.
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France&#39;s Jacques Chirac has reignited a bitter row over the US-led invasion of Iraq on the eve of a state visit to London, accusing the United States and Britain of making the world a more dangerous place.
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Canada, Mexico, Spain, The United Kingdom, France, Russia, Israel, Australia, Japan, and South Korea: together with nine other newspapers, Le Monde has conducted an opinion poll [concieved of by the Canadian daily La Presse] on the perception of the United States and the stakes of the American presidential election. The rejection of President Bush, in the name of the good relations hoped for with The United States, is massive. Full Article here (Text in French).
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When the Fox News Channel came on air in 1996, CNN founder Ted Turner vowed to crush the brash new rival for the US 24-hour cable news market &quot;like a bug.&quot;
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France's first international news channel is launched into competition with BBC World and CNN.
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'Hadn't only drunk water', insinuates Belgian TV French TV declined to show a clip of French big cheese Nicolas Sarkozy looking a bit worse for wear at the G8 conference, but that didn't stop the Belgians broadcasting a press conference which, inevitably, has found its way onto YouTube:â¦
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A television documentary that portrays  Nicolas Sarkozy as a bold negotiator during a hostage crisis 14  years ago has fuelled a debate about the French president&#39;s  domination of television and print media.
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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's recent tough talk on Iran likely will be a topic of discussion when he meets U.S. officials in Washington.
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French-American relations are set to shift as France chooses a successor to President Jacques Chirac, who has defined himself on the world stage as an opponent of American dominance.
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WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (IPS) - In a sharp departure from U.S. policy, a leading  French diplomat has called on the international coalition  sponsoring U.N. sanctions against Iran to support a larger  Iranian role in the Middle East.
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'Filipino Monkey' strikes again Analysis Those readers who follow the non-IT'n'Paris news will be aware that in recent days a group of US warships almost fired on fast boats operated by Iranian Revolutionary Guards. This was after hearing radio transmissions in which the Iranians appeared to threaten some form of attack.â¦
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PARIS, Aug 11  (IPS) - France and the United States have begun a new race  to compete for favours with  undemocratic regimes in Africa. The  competition is growing particularly in the oil-  rich North and  West Africa.
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CNNâs decision to end its 27-year relationship with Reuters last week hindered its ability to cover the latest Osama bin Laden video message as breaking news.
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WASHINGTON France said Monday that it would take part in a proposed international conference on Iraq only if the agenda included a possible US troop withdrawal, thus complicating the planning for a meeting that has drawn mixed reactions.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice seeks to enlist a wary Europe for a U.S. campaign to spread democracy worldwide in a speech on Tuesday in Paris, a strong critic of the Iraq war.