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23/05/2012 - France

Google in court over automatic search identifying Jewish celebrities

Google has been ordered to go to mediation over complaints in France that its search engine automatically associates the word “Jew” with the names of certain well-known people.

14/05/2012 - France

French pensioner ready to die to stop pet wild boar being seized

An 83-year-old former wine-grower says that he’d rather die than let game-wardens take away a wild boar he has reared at his home since finding it in the wild 14 months ago.

Tension rises among French police
14/05/2012 - On-the-spot France

Tension rises among French police

Last week, hundreds of police officers joined protests across France against working conditions.

25/04/2012 - France

Burglar found through DNA on stone - one year after

French police have found a man who committed nearly 30 burglaries a year ago thanks to traces of DNA left on a stone he used to break in to a house.

20/04/2012 - France

Court orders ex-friends to share one-million-euro lottery winnings

A winning lottery ticket has put paid to a 35-year friendship with a French court Friday ordering the one-million-euro prize to be shared between 79-year-old Messouad Boudissa and 73-year-old ...

17/04/2012 - France

Motorists queue to steal 3,000 litres of petrol

Motorists filled up with 3,000 litres of free petrol at a French supermarket service station on Saturday night.

12/04/2012 - France

Prison wardens blockade France's overcrowded jails

A woman prison warden was hospitalised in clashes with police outside a prison in eastern France on Thursday, trade unionists said.

11/04/2012 - France

French police face court action over racist ID check allegations

Fifteen French citizens are taking the government to court over alleged racist policing. They all claim to have been stopped by police purely because of the colour of their skin.

11/04/2012 - Report: France

One year of France's burka ban yields 20 fines and no men prosecuted

France’s law banning face-covering garments in public came into force a year ago – a defence of secular values and women’s rights, according to its proponents, a bad case of ...

One year of France's burka ban
11/04/2012 - On-the-spot France

One year of France's burka ban

A year ago France's law against covering your face in public came into force. It has turned women wearing the full-face veil, or niqab, into outlaws.

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