Many French seek to block deportations
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If authorities try to send 7-year-old illegal immigrant Ikram Belhout back to Algeria, they&#039;ll have to get through Francine Le Cadre first. The 73-year-old retired social worker is among a swelling corps of volunteers resisting government efforts to step up deportations of immigrant families with children &amp;#151; including by hiding illegals from police if needed.
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Lawyers for former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega asked a federal judge Monday to block his extradition to France and order his return to his home country when he leaves a U.S. prison in September.
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With hundreds crossing the Mediterranean, European leaders have been sparring over a plan to stem the flow of asylum seekers.
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France pressed on with efforts to save  two French journalists held hostage in Iraq on Thursday after a  deadline to rescind a law banning Muslim headscarves in state  schools passed without word from the kidnappers.
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The French government Sunday scrambled to develop a response to kidnappers who grabbed two French journalists in Iraq, demanding Paris revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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French critics and defenders of a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools united in support of the law on Monday, pledging to stand firm against militants holding two French
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Former Dutch lawmaker Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the target of death threats over her criticism of radical Islam, said she has asked France to grant her citizenship because she cannot be assured of protection back home.
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U.S. court says it's a French matter; plaintiff organizations want ban on sale of Nazi memorabilia.
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The French government Sunday scrambled to develop a response to kidnappers who grabbed two French journalists in Iraq, demanding Paris revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves in public schools. There was no sign France would capitulate.
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Messages reminding people not to overstay their visas are part of a government drive to clamp down on immigration.
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Lawyers for former Panamanian strongman Manuel Noriega moved on Wednesday to block his extradition to face money laundering charges in France when his long Florida prison sentence ends on Sunday.
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France scrambled to secure the freedom of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.
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Ministers from Europe and Africa hold talks on how to halt the influx of illegal African migrants to Europe.
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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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France has selected nearly 7,000 illegal  immigrants out of 30,000 applicants to benefit from a special  one-off measure granting them permanent residency, Interior  Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday.
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French trade unions urge Air France to stop using its planes to deport illegal immigrants.
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Nine French nationals were still behind bars in Chad on Saturday after a French minister condemned as "illegal and irresponsible" an attempt by a charity to fly more than 100 children from Chad to France in an apparent mercy mission.