France's open door is closing
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An immigration bill, expected to pass, requires knowledge of French and proof of support.
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Nicolas Sarkozy lifted the veil Wednesday on what is likely to be his last major sell-off as France&#39;s finance minister - the partial privatization of the state-owned nuclear group Areva SA.
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Jacques Chirac, admired and scorned during 12 years as president of France, announced his retirement from politics yesterday.Comment
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President Jacques Chirac's decision to bow out of French politics put his legacy under the spotlight Monday, while his refusal to immediately anoint a successor left next month's election race wide open.
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A French appeals court on Wednesday reduced the sentence for former Prime Minister Alain Juppe in a party financing scandal, opening the door for his possible return to national politics.
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq headed home today, ending a four-month drama that had gripped this country, which opposed the U.S. invasion.
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France's emblematic left-wing daily Liberation, crippled by falling reader numbers and mounting losses, may be forced to shed up to a third of its workforce as part of a last-ditch rescue plan to be unveiled on Wednesday.
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France has decided to pull its special forces out of Afghanistan after a NATO-led stabilisation force extended operations to the whole country, the French defense ministry said on Sunday.
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France knew no parties and no religious controversy, only republicans and patriots. As in times of war, this otherwise highly divided nation, with its many social, ethnic and religious
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There will be a shift of power on the French right this weekend which could mark the beginning of the end of the Chirac era in French politics.
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French President Jacques Chirac is expected to announce his retirement today after a 45-year career in politics.Comment
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Two French journalists freed from captivity in Iraq headed home Wednesday, ending a drama that has gripped their country for four months and appears to have turned on its opposition to the war in Iraq.
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French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy is resigning when he meets today with Prime Minister Jean- Pierre Raffarin, freeing him to use his new position as head of the ruling party to prepare for the 2007 presidential elections.
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France's hopes of a Six Nations Grand Slam were sensationally ended at Twickenham here on Sunday as a makeshift England side overcame the odds to win 26-18.
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Desperate French growers have had enough, reports Jason Burke.
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The French Parliament is likely to pass a law that rescinds the country s 35 hour-workweek rule, annulling a key piece of legislation put in place by the previous Socialist government that failed to cut ...
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BRUSSELS -- Suddenly and shockingly, Belgium came to an end.