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11/04/2012 - France

French resistance hero Raymond Aubrac dies at 97

One of the last surviving leading members of the French resistance to Nazi rule has died, aged 97. Raymond Aubrac's escape from German hands was a theme in two films. After the war he ...

19/03/2012 - France

British military plotted to arm pro-Nazi WWII Vichy French regime, new documents reveal

Newly-revealed documents from World War II show that British military chiefs secretly approved plans to arm the Vichy French regime and intended to hide the plot from then Prime Minister Winston ...

04/03/2012 - France - Syria

Bodies of slain journalists Colvin and Olchik flown into Paris

The bodies of American journalist Marie Colvin and French photographer Rémi Ochlik, killed in the Syrian city of Homs last week, were flown into Paris from Damascus Sunday.

20/02/2012

French press review 20 February 2012

There are four different views of President Nicolas Sarkozy's first official steps towards reelection, taken yesterday in the southern French city of Marseille.

09/02/2012 - France

French airport unions keep up pressure on final day of strike

French flag-carrier Air France cancelled more than a third of its long-haul flights and a quarter of medium and short-haul flights on Thursday as a four-day strike by aviation workers entered its ...

07/02/2012 - France

French airport strike begins to bite with only half of Air France flights confirmed

The strike in France by airline pilots, flight attendants and ground staff has entered its second day with significant disruptions to Air France long-haul flights and signs the industrial action ...

06/02/2012 - France

Disruptions at French airports as workers down tools over strike bill

Air traffic in France is expected to be disrupted on Monday as workers including pilots, flight attendants and ground staff begin a nationwide four-day strike over plans to introduce a new bill ...

04/01/2012 - France - United States

Paris-Houston flight turns around after mysterious mobile found

An Air France flight from Houston to Paris was obliged to turn around and return to Houston on Tuesday after a mobile phone whose owner could not be identified was found on board.

26/12/2011 - France

End to French airport strike in sight as union leaders agree deal

Eleven days after security staff went on strike at France’s main airports, unions have agreed a deal.

26/12/2011 - France

Paris-New York flight turns back for “minor problem”

An Air France Airbus A330 on its way from Paris to New York was forced to return to Charles de Gaulle Airport on Sunday after the crew detected that some of the plane’s de-icing equipment ...

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