FRANCE:  Differences Arise Over Education Law
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PARIS, Aug 27 (IPS) - The government of President Nicolas Sarkozy  announced after it was swept into power this spring that its  policies would bring a "tranquil rupture" with many  cherished traditions, particularly in education.
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The French government Sunday scrambled to develop a response to kidnappers who grabbed two French journalists in Iraq, demanding Paris revoke a law banning Islamic head scarves in public schools.
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- The French parliament passed the law in March to ban &quot;conspicuous symbols&quot; of faith from its state school system. Guidelines for applying the law identified Muslim headscarves, Jewish skullcaps and large
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A governmental plan to shift the main language of instruction in the nationa s Russian high schools to Estonian is being viewed with uncertainty and pessimism by principals and teachers, a recent survey by the ...
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The French parliament discusses a tough crime bill amid a row over new Justice Minister Rachida Dati.
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The debate on harmonizing capital-gain taxes in the European Union a ' roughly split between new and old members a ' took a turn for the worse when a French minister this week proposed to bar the distribution ...
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PARIS, Sep 11 (IPS) - A meaning of colonialism offered in the new edition  of a French dictionary has stirred another debate on how France  views its past..
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France's Socialist Party holds an internal referendum on the European Constitution, with leaders divided on the issue.
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French President Jacques Chirac: on his way out figures among the top &#x2019;euro-saures&#x2019; who, in accordance with the laws of evolution, must give way to a new kind of leader.Comment
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The French parliament is to debate a bill that would ease the 35-hour working week rules.
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Sharp differences appeared Wednesday between Germany and France after Chancellor Angela Merkel dismissed calls by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for a brake on the euro&#39;s rising value.
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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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For some French Muslims, two worlds collided as the ban on wearing Islamic head scarves in public schools took effect. Many described Thursday as crunch day, when they were forced to question the meaning of being Muslim in a Roman Catholic country where life since Sept. 11, 2001, has become more tense and divisive.
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The French parliament started debating a  controversial bill on Tuesday that the government says will  prevent travel chaos during transport strikes, but that unions  warn will damage industrial relations.
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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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An immigration bill, expected to pass, requires knowledge of French and proof of support.
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France is intensifying efforts to integrate its large Muslim minority by trying to create a generation of French-speaking imams equipped with some knowledge of law and diplomas from Parisian universities, ...