'Guy Moquet Day' sparks debate in France
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A Resistance fighter who was executed by the Nazis was honored Monday in schools across France, although some teachers defied an order by President Nicolas Sarkozy to have his final letter read aloud, saying the government was trying to twist history into propaganda.
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French are divided over the nationwide ban on smoking in public places that goes into effect on Thursday
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CLAIREFONTAINE/MADRID, OCT 7: The football world was thrown into controversy yesterday after Spain coach Luis Aragones was caught by live microphones making racist comments apparently aimed at France and Arsenal striker Thierry Henry.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on the battle of the blogosphere under way in France three months ahead of the presidential election.
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Thousands of striking taxi drivers drove at a snail's pace around France on Wednesday as part of a protest against government plans to open up their business to greater competition.
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A new report recommending English become a compulsory subject in all schools in France has stirred heated debate in the country, with teachers' unions and proponents of linguistic diversity clenching their jaws ...
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A day before heading back to class, French students spent yesterday soaking up the sun and debating a surprisingly grim question: Is it worth sacrificing the lives of two Frenchmen to maintain a controversial dress code?
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The French prime minister defended thousands of job cuts at Airbus on Thursday, but protests over the losses at the planemaker silenced three German plants in a backlash that could threaten recovery hopes.
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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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France's prime minister defended thousands of job cuts at European planemaker Airbus on Thursday, but unions threatened to vent their anger during upcoming French elections while factory stoppages spread in ...Comment
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A plan by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to commemorate a young communist resistance hero shot by France's wartime Nazi occupiers has stirred controversy and sparked accusations of manipulation by the government.
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One of the biggest motor shows in the world is set to take place in Paris this week -- but not before the city makes another display of its crusade against the car that it hopes will transform the capital into ...
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Papers judge the aftermath of the EU Commission wrangle, examine football racism and French mobile phones
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Paris 2012 organisers have been accused of breaking Olympic bid rules by using French embassies to promote the city. Madrid 2012 have made an official protest to the International Olympic Committee&#39;s (IOC) ethical commission.
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French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has called for &quot;clarification&quot; of the role of the European Central Bank, amid fierce debate in France on the high level of the euro.
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It's not every day that pro-American sentiments are uttered with a French accent.
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Spain's prime minister must hate Saturdays. That's the day of the week hundreds of thousands of people march through the streets of Madrid chanting for him to resign for allegedly making concessions to Basque rebels ETA.