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11/05/2013

French press review 11 May 2013

 The 12th anniversary of the declaration of slavery as a crime against humanity; Hollande's refusal to pay slavery reparations; the escalation of the Syrian civil war; and a new trend ...

Urban orchards bear fruit in expanding Paris
02/05/2013 - On-the-spot France

Urban orchards bear fruit in expanding Paris

Though it has parks and gardens, Paris is a city of stone and concrete. As the metropolitan area grows, it is encroaching on agricultural land.

17/04/2013 - France

Nuclear cargo leaves France for Japan

A cargo of radioactive fuel was ready to leave France for Japan on Wednesday after arriving in the Channel port of Cherbourg overnight.

15/04/2013 - France

French police injured in clashes with Nantes airport protesters

Three police officers and one protester were injured in clashes at the controversial site of a planned airport near the western French city of Nantes on Monday morning.

Brazilian Amazon deforestation on the rise
12/04/2013 - World news explained

Brazilian Amazon deforestation on the rise

A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that 30 per cent of the carbon associated with deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon between 2000 and 2010 was ...

10/04/2013 - France

Plastic component BPA danger to unborn children, report

A common component of plastic bottles and other products, Bisphenol A (BPA), can endanger unborn children, according to France’s food safety agency.

Paris school students work on world's water
22/03/2013 - On-the-spot France

Paris school students work on world's water

Today is World Water Day and to celebrate it one school in Paris, the

15/03/2013 - Report: France

Activists fear U-turn on French fracking ban

Environmentalists around the world welcomed France's 2001 ban on hydraulic fracturing, the process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock underground more commonly known as fracking.

Anti-fracking protests near Paris
15/03/2013 - On-the-spot France

Anti-fracking protests near Paris

In 2011 France banned fracking (hydraulic fracturing), the process of extracting gas and oil from shale rock deep underground.

10/03/2013 - France

Anti-nuclear campaigners form human chain in Paris

Thousands of people formed a human chain in Paris on Saturday - the second anniversary of Japan's Fukushima disaster - to oppose nuclear power, which provides most of France's energy.

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