France vows to stomp out soccer violence
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Racism and violence have clouded Paris' premier soccer team for 20 years, but France's leaders are determined to stomp it out after a shooting death outraged the nation and exposed the long-ignored problem.
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Brazil's World Cup-winning soccer team is to take on the Haitian side in a "game for peace".
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British and French leaders pledge joint action to end 'humanitarian disaster' in Sudan.
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Foreign Minister Nicolas Sarkozy says he will stand for the leadership of France's main governing party.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (CP) - France defended itself Friday against accusations by Ivory Coast authorities, and some western evacuees, that it used excessive force to protect foreigners against violent mobs during five days of upheaval in its former West
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PARIS - In an attempt to ease tensions in the Ivory Coast, France has opted not to point the finger of blame at President Laurent Gbagbo for the violence that has roiled the country in the past week.
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The tension is building in Paris with less than two hours before kick-off in the World Cup final.
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With a new coach, a new captain and four new caps in their starting line-up, France will attempt to bury the anguish of last year's World Cup disappointment in the Murrayfield mud on Sunday.
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No Italian opponent has scored in this World Cup. France has allowed two goals overall. Even with all the offensive flair on both sides, defense will decide the title Sunday in Olympic Stadium.
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Haiti&#39;s US-backed government vowed on Friday to crush &quot;terrorist&quot; supporters of exiled President Jean-Bertrand Aristide as gunfire crackled in the capital
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Ireland and France are both under huge pressure going into Friday's vital World Cup clash in Paris.
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Franceâs president touched off protests with a plan to have students learn the life stories of children the Nazis killed.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged "new hope" to France's riot-hit suburbs on Friday with a nationwide plan to give jobs and training to 100,000 youths, root out racial discrimination and slash drug crime.
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France's prime minister says his government will defend Societe Generale against any hostile takeover bids.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom said here Wednesday that he was confident French authorities are making every effort to fight against anti-Semitism.
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After suffering its biggest casualties since its peacekeeping operation began in Ivory Coast two years ago, France is stepping up pressure on Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to cease all military action.
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France deployed troops in the Ivory  Coast's main city on Sunday to protect its citizens from mob  violence which erupted overnight after French forces destroyed  most of the small West African nation's air force.