Sarkozy defends Prophet cartoons
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French presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy backs a weekly sued for printing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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In France on the last leg of a series of international visits, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf defended his record in tackling Islamic extremism and lobbied for EU trade preferences which he says are vital for the country's future stability.
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi condemned  terrorism at the request of President Nicolas Sarkozy, but his  comments failed to quell widespread controversy on Thursday  over his lengthy stay in France.
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"I'm worried about the growing attacks that France is deploying against its European allies, against the Germans, the Luxembourgers, against all of the European countries."  France faces thinly concealed and growing frustration from Paris' European partners, irked at President Nicolas Sarkozy's strident position towards EU spending limits and attacks on the ECB. via Raw Story
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The French president defends his plan to make pupils honour Jewish child victims of the Holocaust amid uproar.
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France's interior minister and presidential frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy stood accused by top judges Thursday of undermining the work of the judiciary after he lashed out at the courts of a riot-hit Paris suburb ...Comment
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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 journalists hostage in Iraq who want the law revoked.
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French voters sent President Nicolas Sarkozy a warning over pushing too far and fast with his reform programme by denying him a widely predicted landslide in legislative elections, French newspapers said Monday.
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French presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy was accused by his rivals of xenophobia and flirting with far-right voters on Friday after proposing to create a ministry for immigration and national identity.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy, facing  a tide of criticism over his call for schoolchildren to "adopt"  Jewish child victims of the Holocaust, hit back on Friday  saying France had to raise children "with open eyes."
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Danish political party uses drawing of prophet, in move described by Muslim group as 'provocation'.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy made big promises during his recent election campaign, and a guy named Mustapha Smail plans to tell the world whether he keeps them.
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The relations of French officialdom have been uneasy of late. First there was the matter of the headscarf, which has been followed by a row over whether or not to ban broadcasts by the Al-Manar (The Beacon
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Turkey&#39;s Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paid a visit to France to defend Ankara&#39;s application to the EU. In French media, he expressed concerns over the terms of the debate in France.
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France&#39;s new President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed in a message here Saturday to strengthen dialogue between the European Union and oil-rich Gulf Arab states to make the best use of energy resources.
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France's prime minister says his government will defend Societe Generale against any hostile takeover bids.
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French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy addresses party activists shortly as he begins his bid for the presidency.