French get a rude French awakening
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The French are arrogant, rude and surly to foreign visitors, said a leading French politician behind a scathing report on how the Gallic welcome leaves much to be desired.
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Lacking confidence, out of sorts and unable to score goals, the French are at their lowest ebb in a decade. Amid the mediocrity, scrappy play and somber mood in the French camp, the outstanding form of Fabien
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of two French journalists has outraged Arab and Muslim intellectuals, journalists and religious leaders as well as many ordinary citizens.
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A new report recommending English become a compulsory subject in all schools in France has stirred heated debate in the country, with teachers' unions and proponents of linguistic diversity clenching their jaws ...
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The French seem to take intermittent pride in being the homeland of the satirist Voltaire.
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A new advertising campaign to fight anti-Semitism in France aims to shock. The campaign features serene images of Jesus and Mary with the slur "Dirty Jew" scrawled across them as if in graffiti.
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Jean-Marie Le Pen is shaking up France's election season, thanks to some surprising new supporters
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MONTREAL -- "Oh, tabernacle!" The man swore in French as a car splashed through a puddle, sending water onto his pants. He could never be quoted in the papers here. It is too profane.
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One angry word begets another, and one Fool tries to sort out who's closer to the truth.
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France's Segolene Royal stood accused of a fresh campaign blunder Wednesday after one of her top advisers disowned a text in which she harshly attacks President Jacques Chirac's Africa policy.Comment
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General Electric employee Nadine Meslin says dealing with computer software in any language is tricky, but it's even worse when you're French and the jargon is in English.
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French influence in Europe is declining, and President Jacques Chirac is largely to blame.
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For centuries the very mention of France has conjured up images of elegance and sophistication but in an increasingly heated United States presidential campaign, "French" has become a dirty word.
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France is to begin evacuating its nationals from Ivory Coast after days of anti-French demonstrations. The disturbances come in response to France&#39;s destruction of the Ivorian air force, in retaliation for
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The French Government has moved to appease cinema and theatre patrons who complain about the shrill ring tones and incessant beeps from mobile phones.
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A French dictionary's definition of colonisation seeks to glorify the past and must be withdrawn, an anti-racism group said on Tuesday, amid a tense debate over France's colonial legacy.
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In this weekâs edition of Insight, Genevieve Oger explains why some inhabitants of French ghettos are turning away from mainstream French culture and towards a fundamentalist vision of Islam.