French minister attacks NGO over Darfur 'adoptions'
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A French minister condemned as "illegal and irresponsible" Friday an attempt by a charity to fly more than 100 children from Chad to France in an apparent mercy mission.
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France's involvement in Ivory Coast receives sceptical scrutiny in several papers.
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ABECHE, Chad  - The scandal over a French group suspected of trying to smuggle African children to Europe from Chad may harm the image of foreign aid workers seeking to help refugees fleeing violence, U.N. officials said on Monday.
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Europe's Court of Human Rights says France discriminated against a lesbian who wanted to adopt a child.
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Nine French citizens were arrested in Chad after a group tried to fly more than 100 African children to France, saying it wanted to save them from the crisis in neighboring Darfur, the French Foreign Ministry said.
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CANNES, France  - Chad's foreign minister accused Sudan of attacking his country and said talks expected on Thursday between the two neighbors and Central African Republic would be "useless".
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The Sudanese foreign ministry summoned the European Union's delegation chief to protest at a renewed threat of EU sanctions over the crisis in Darfur.
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France derides claims by Ivory Coast's president and a top Catholic cleric that French troops beheaded protesters.
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Sudan has expelled the country director of Save the Children, accusing the British aid agency of breaching Sudanese law and interfering in domestic affairs, the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry and the agency says.
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French finance minister Nicolas Sarkozy stirs up controversy by calling for state funding for mosques in his new book.
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The Khartoum government is accused of allowing armed pro-government groups to operate camps in Darfur.
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Authorities charged six French nationals with kidnapping after a failed attempt to fly 103 African children out of Chad that an aid group said were orphans from Darfur, officials said Tuesday.
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A U.N. human rights mission on Monday accused Sudan's government of orchestrating and taking part in war crimes in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.
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The top U.N. humanitarian  official accused Sudan on Wednesday of deliberately hindering  relief aid in Darfur, attacking villages and arming brutal  militia to combat rebels and bandits.
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Paris scrambled Monday to contain a row sparked by a French charity's bid to airlift more than 100 children out of Chad, a key ally for Europe's peacekeeping strategy in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region.
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France has criticized unofficial negotiators for complicating release efforts for two French hostages held in Iraq, the BBC reported Saturday.
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French authorities investigated Friday a charity that tried to fly out more than 100 children from the war-stricken Darfur region of Sudan, an operation condemned as illegal by the government.