French Fishermen Agree to End Port Blockade
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French fishermen agreed to lift their blockades at the Mediterranean ports of Marseille and Toulon on Tuesday, allowing oil tankers, freight vessels, passenger ships and cruise liners to resume sailing.
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EU ministers agree a draft deal on tearing down barriers to cross-border provision of services.
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The move appears to bring an end to 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory.
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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 scrapped.
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France, Britain and Germany said yesterday that they had reached a formal agreement with Iran that commits the country to suspend production of enriched uranium that can be used to make nuclear bombs.
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European Union  fisheries ministers thrash out a deal on national fishing catches for 2005.
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France and the UAE sign an agreement allowing France to set up a permanent military base in the Gulf.
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The total fishing quota for the European Union was cut by 10 per cent yesterday, after almost two days of wrangling in which fisheries ministers rejected
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SAINT-QUENTIN, NB (CP) - Protesters in northern New Brunswick ended a highway blockade Monday in return for a chance to try persuading the provincial government to keep a local hospital open.
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US and Haitian officials have discussed ending the 13-year arms embargo against the troubled Caribbean nation, Haitian radio reported Thursday.
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The United States has agreed to hand over to France the last three French detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, judicial officials said Tuesday.
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British fishermen have praised new EU fishing quotas agreed after marathon negotiations in Brussels on Wednesday. The deal reached by ministers means cod fishing grounds in the North Sea, Irish Sea and the
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The EU decided Wednesday to cut  national fish catches for 2005, rejecting proposals to shut  fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers  can hunt for depleted species like cod, officials said.
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HAVANA  - Cuba said Monday it was resuming formal ties with all of Europe, ending a deep freeze in relations following a 2003 crackdown on dissidents and the firing-squad executions of three men who tried to hijack a ferry.
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The French government tied up the long-delayed merger of Suez and state-owned Gaz de France on Monday, giving the country another world energy champion in a sector that Paris was eager to protect from foreigners.
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Southeast Asian nations have agreed to an &quot;historic&quot; cooperation mechanism to help improve safety in waterways which are vital to world trade, officials said Tuesday.
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Channel ferry services are hit by a blockade as French fishermen show their anger at fuel price rises.