Marchers press France to allow fresh elections
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Hundreds of Tahitians brought traffic to a standstill as they marched through the streets of Papeete in support of a call for new general elections in French Polynesia.
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Protesters intensify their campaign against Sunday's election results.
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French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy urges tough, EU-wide rules on dealing with illegal immigration.
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France sought on Monday to reassure thousands of angry Ivorian demonstrators that it was not trying to topple President Laurent Gbagbo, after a weekend of mob violence forced more than 2,000 foreigners to flee ...
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France's Socialist candidate Segolene Royal tries to revive her presidential bid in a televised appearance.
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The French head back to the polls Sunday in a parliamentary election tipped to give right-wing President Nicolas Sarkozy the majority he needs to push through an ambitious reform programme.
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Polls opened Sunday in the second round of France&#39;s parliamentary elections, with some 35 million registered voters choosing National Assembly deputies in the 467 constituencies where there was no winner in the first round a week ago.
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France will hold a referendum on the European Constitution in the spring, President Jacques Chirac announced today, calling on government ministers to work for a yes vote.
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French voters went back to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections expected to give conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy an overwhelming mandate for ambitious reforms aimed at modernizing France.
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Voters have crowded polling stations in the French Polynesian islands of Tahiti and Moorea for by-elections that residents here hope will pull the territory out of a 10-month political crisis.
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Key players in the political crisis meet for the first time since the elections as mass demonstrations continue.
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Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade asked Senegal's voters on Friday to re-elect him for a second term and warned his opponents he would not tolerate any violent challenge against the poll outcome.
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Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra calls for fresh elections in a video shown to supporters in Bangkok.
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Tens of thousands of activists from across Europe flocked to London on Thursday for three days of speeches and seminars hoping to push politicians to get back in touch with their disaffected electorates.
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Voting got under way on Saturday in some  overseas French territories in the decisive round of  parliamentary elections which are expected to hand President  Nicolas Sarkozy a huge majority for his reform plans.
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France's conservative government is vowing not to buckle under pressure from the worst strikes for two years, but a tough battle is brewing after a week of protests which have strengthened the unions' resolve.
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France's Socialists, reeling at the prospect of a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections, on Monday called on voters to prevent a landslide victory for President Nicolas Sarkozy in next week's second round ballot.