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25/03/2013 - France

Why are opponents of gay marriage in France so fired up?

It’s impossible to say how many people demonstrated in Paris on Sunday, the gap between the figures is risibly large: 1 million 400,000 according to the organisers, 300,000 in total, say the ...

03/03/2013 - Mali - France - Chad - Algeria

Who is Mokhtar Belmokhtar?

After claiming that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim) leader Abou Zeid has died in north Mali, Chad now says that its troops have killed Mokhtar Belmokhtar.

02/03/2013 - Algeria - France - Mali

Who is Abou Zeid?

Chad's President Idriss Déby has confirmed press reports that Al-Qauda north Africa high-up Abou Zeid has been killed, although France has yet to officially say that is the case. But ...

14/02/2013 - France - India

Hollande in India to sell warplanes, nuclear power, metro construction

French President François Hollande was welcomed to Delhi by his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee with great pomp on Thursday morning for a two-day visit during which the world’s ...

13/02/2013 - France

Gay marriage to face fight in French Senate after lower house victory

France’s gay marriage law goes to the Senate on 2 April after a long a bitter debate in the lower house.

12/02/2013 - Analysis: Horse-for-beef scandal

Dobbingate - Why not eat horse?

British politicians blame an “international criminal conspiracy”, Romania’s prime minister angrily denies his country provided the horsemeat found in Findus burgers and the EU ...

22/01/2013 - Analysis: France - Germany

No cuddly teddy bears but Hollande and Merkel together 50 years after Franco-German Elysée treaty

François Hollande did not phone Angela Merkel to tell her that France would be dropping bombs in Mali on the night of 11 January, say his advisors.

 

20/12/2012 - Mayan calendar prophesy

The world is going to end ... but not today

One good thing about denying that the end of the world is nigh is that, if you’re proved wrong, no-one’s going to tell you – unless you believe we have souls that sit around ...

19/12/2012 - Analysis: France - Algeria

Hollande under pressure over France's colonial past on Algeria visit

French President François Hollande started a two-day trip to Algeria on Wednesday.

17/12/2012 - France - Belgium

Depardieu seeks Belgian Green Card as tax row rages

Outside France, he is best known for the film “Green card”, in which he tries to cheat the system to obtain American citizenship.

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