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31/01/2012 - France - India

France's Dassault wins contract to sell 126 Rafale jets to India

French firm Dassault has won a multi-billion dollar contract to provide 126 fighter jets to the Indian military.

31/01/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

French politicians to seize constitutional court over Armenian genocide bill

A number of politicians on Tuesday formally requested France’s Constitutional Council to examine the planned law which would punish anyone who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by ...

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) is greeted by France's National Assembly speaker Bernard Accoyer before a meeting in Paris January 27, 2012.
27/01/2012 - France - Afghanistan

French backpedal on Afghan withdrawal threat as Karzai visits Paris

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai meets Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris Friday.

24/01/2012 - France - Afghanistan

No proof Afghan army infiltrator behind French troop deaths, says Nato

Nato says it is too early to say if the Taliban were behind Friday’s killing of four French soldiers at a base in eastern Afghanistan.

23/01/2012 - France - New Zealand

France gives Maori heads back to New Zealand

France has handed over 20 mummified Maori heads to New Zealand after four years of negotiations.

23/01/2012 - Myanmar - European Union - France

Europe to ease Myanmar sanctions after France's Juppé visits

The European Union (EU) has agreed to start easing sanctions against Myanmar, following a visit by French Foreign Affairs Minister Alain Juppé and Britain’s William Hague.

20/01/2012 - France - Turkey - Armenia

Sarkozy urges dialogue over Armenia genocide row in letter to Turkey's Erdogan

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has written to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a bid to smooth relations as Ankara calls on French Senators not to approve the bill on denial of the ...

20/01/2012 - France - Afghanistan

France to suspend Afghan military operations after soldiers' deaths

France is to temporarily suspend its training and aid to Afghanistan's army after an Afghan soldier killed four of its soldiers Friday, President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced.

20/01/2012 - France - Afghanistan

Four French troops shot dead by man dressed as Afghan soldier

Four French troops were shot dead by a man dressed as an Afghan soldier in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, an Afghan official said. Sixteen have been wounded.

19/01/2012 - Bangladesh

Islamist-inspired coup foiled, says Bangladesh army

Bangladesh’s army says it has foiled a coup plot by Islamist officers.

19/01/2012 - Pakistan

Gilani case resumes 1 February after he defends Zardari immunity

A Pakistani judge has adjourned the Supreme Court case against Yousuf Raza Gilani until 1 February after the prime minister appeared on Thursday to defended himself against contempt charges.

15/01/2012 - Cambodia - France

Five bodies found in missing Frenchman's car in Cambodia

Cambodian officials believe that five bodies found in a car sunk in a pond are those of a Frenchman and his four children, who have been missing since September.

15/01/2012 - France - China

Two pandas arrive in France for 10-year stay

Two Chinese pandas landed in Paris Sunday on loan to a French zoo.

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14/01/2012 - Taiwan

Taiwan and Beijing get closer after Ma Ying-jeou reelected president

Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou was reelected Saturday with 51.6 per cent of the votes on a 90 per cent vote count.

13/01/2012 - Pakistan - analysis

Is Pakistan's military plotting a coup?

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told parliament Friday that it had to choose democracy or dictatorship, as his tried to face down the army and the Supreme Court.

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