Algerians' awkward embrace of France
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As economic forces push them toward a former ruler, they struggle to redefine their identity.
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Whether because of his public love life or his economic policies, French voters seem to be souring on their new president
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In a new book seen as a prelude to a presidential bid, France's finance minister is taking up the thorny question of how to reach out to an increasingly assertive Muslim minority and integrate it into a largely ...
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Some laud moves with the two nations. Others are suspicious.
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After the joy, the recriminations. France's mood of national euphoria following the release of its two journalist hostages in Iraq gave way to an unseasonal public slanging match yesterday between the ...
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The sight of women working as bus and taxi drivers, petrol pump attendants or police officers in Algeria's larger towns can surprise newcomers by suggesting women are emancipated in Algeria. They are not, feminists say.
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Anybody who might question France's determination to portray itself as a loyal friend of the Arab Middle East need only take a look at the government's agenda.
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The Yanks are leaving &#151; and many French didn't even realize they were here. The last U.S. military contingent in France said adieu to the country on Friday with a fittingly low-key ceremony. With European forces taking over peacekeeping in Bosnia, the Americans are being redeployed elsewhere, thus ending a chapter of unsung cooperation between Paris and Washington.
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The Algerian government in Algeria has reached an agreement with tribal leaders from the restive Kabylie region, where hostility to Algiers authorities erupted into bloody unrest in 2001, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia revealed.
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Some are comparing the Sarkozy family to the Kennedys, while others are saying that their untraditional ways are shameful to the French.
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PARIS, June 25 -- Beneath nude cherubs on a gilt ceiling and before flashing cameras at ground level, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner seemed not to know whether to kiss Condoleezza Rice or shake her hand.
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Al-Qaida has for the first time announced a union with an Algerian insurgent group that has designated France as an enemy, saying they will act together against French and American interests.
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Comment is free: Pankaj Mishra:  France's shrinking power drives the president to talk of a new civilisation, but risks exposing a habit of intellectual deception
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The Yanks are leaving - and many French didn't even realize they were here. The last U.S. military contingent in France said adieu to the country on Friday with a fittingly low-key ceremony.
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QUEBEC (CP) - An Algerian man removed from a church by police and sent to a U.S. jail faces deportation next month to Algeria, where he could be tortured, his supporters said on Sunday.
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Algeria said on Saturday its cooperation with Washington's war on terrorism was "profitable" but it would never agree to host a U.S. military base on its territory.
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While the French foster a sense of urgency over Iran's nuclear program, Tehran's neighbors are fearful of what a showdown may bring