French farmer calls off hunger strike
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Militant French farmer Jose Bove and about 15 supporters called off their hunger strike in its eighth day after the government ordered the suspension of the use of genetically modified corn Friday.
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French teachers went on strike on  Thursday, the third day of public sector protests over pay,  reforms and job cuts that have sent a sharp warning to  President Jacques Chirac's conservative government.
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The French Government has suspended talks with feuding parties from French Polynesia after the region's president walked out of the negotiations because opposition supporters are still occupying public ...
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French farmers on Wednesday threatened widespread protests next week if the government failed to find a solution to soaring fuel costs they say have cut into farm revenues.
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LONDON: Britain&#39;s minister for rural affairs Alun Michael pulled out of an official visit yesterday to avoid a showdown with 200 protesters gathered to protest a looming ban on fox hunting.
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Organisations in the restive Manipur on Saturday called off their month-long shutdown to press the demand for the withdrawal of a controversial anti-terror law.
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The international Red Cross said Wednesday that it had canceled a meeting with a French lawyer who wanted the agency to check whether former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was on hunger strike.
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South African trade unions called off a four-week public servants strike on Thursday, with most accepting a 7.5 percent general pay rise offered by government.
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French police have arrested three people after hundreds of protesters including anti-globalisation icon Jose Bove tried to destroy a field of genetically-modified maize.
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Opposition leaders canceled a political demonstration that many feared would turn violent on Friday after Youssou N'Dour interceded.
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A jailed former opposition presidential candidate, Alexander Kozulin, ended a hunger strike Tuesday after refusing food for 54 days, his lawyer said.
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Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails  Thursday have effectively ended an 18-day-old hunger strike  after most of their demands for better conditions were met, a  Palestinian cabinet minister said.
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A total freeze on commercial genetically modified crops, such as France may be considering, is not allowed under EU rules, the European Commission said Friday.
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PARIS, Sep 3 (IPS) - On a rainy day in an eastern Paris suburb, members  of the ConfÃ©dÃ©ration gÃ©nÃ©rale du travail (CGT), one of  France's two largest labour unions, told the assembled press  corps at their union hall that the government of President  Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to "disarm" French workers with a  new law aimed at curbing transportation strikes.
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Sir Paul McCartney urges California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to ban the French delicacy foie gras.
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A farmer who agreed to grow genetically modified potatoes for a trial pulls out because he fears for his safety.
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A Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop on a hunger strike for 23 days to protest against an irrigation project ended his fast on Thursday after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said construction will go forward.