Fugitive kangaroos seen bounding free near eastern French city
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Two kangaroos escaped from a children's reform centre in France were seen bounding off in their newfound freedom near the eastern city of Lyon.
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France, which is pulling its special forces soldiers out of Afghanistan, said on Monday it would temporarily redeploy its remaining troops anywhere in the country for emergencies.
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France says it has stepped up its efforts to free two French journalists being held hostage by Iraqi militants who are demanding an end to a ban on Islamic headscarves in French schools.
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GLAVATICEVO, Bosnia  - A group of French peacekeepers rafting on a sunny October day through the spectacular gorge of the Neretva river are among the last of many tourists before the cold, rainy season.
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Paris - Wolves, lions, cheetahs and other predators inflict relatively few losses on livestock and farmers gain only a temporary boost if these marauders are culled, New Scientist says.
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French police said yesterday that they had ended their practice of hiding plastic explosives in air passengers&#39; luggage to train bomb-sniffing dogs after one such bag got lost, possibly
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PARIS, Dec 22  - A French air force 14-seater Falcon 900 was to leave early Wednesday from Villacoublay airbase in the Paris region to pick up two French hostages freed in Iraq, concurring sources said.
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Two French reporters held hostage for four months in Iraq were released Tuesday and handed over to French authorities.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Hopes that the two French journalists being held hostage in Iraq could be freed soon rise following reports they have been transferred to guerrillas willing to negotiate their release.
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As country dwellers in Britain prepare for the outlawing of hunting on Friday, members of the Pau Hunt in the foothills of the French Pyrenees are about to welcome refugees from across the Channel.
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PARIS The French government vowed on Monday that it would not yield to demands from militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq that Paris withdraw a ban on Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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CAIRO Aug 30 - France scrambled to secure the release 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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The Normandy city of Rouen pledged Thursday to find a way to return the mummified, tattooed head of a Maori man to New Zealand despite a court ruling that it must stay in France.
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Joy swept France with the release Tuesday in Iraq of two French reporters held hostage for four months.
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France has said it is confident that two journalists held hostage in Iraq will be released, despite continuing uncertainty about their fate.
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Paris authorities say they are winning a long-running battle for streets free of dog mess as heavy fines force more Parisians to pick up their doggy's do or shun pooches in favour of other pets.
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In the midst of Australia's largest city, a rare colony of fairy penguins is being replenished by birds bred in the local zoo after coming under threat from cats, dogs and jetski-riding hooligans.