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04/04/2012 - France - Mali

France fears Al-Qaeda influence growing in north Mali

France is worried that Al-Qaeda’s influence is growing in the wartorn north of Mali and wants the UN Security Council to back humanitarian aid to the area, which has fallen to Tuareg ...

Marking 50 years after Algeria's Evian accords
19/03/2012 - On-the-spot France

Marking 50 years after Algeria's Evian accords

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the official ceasefire which ended the Algerian war of independence.

22/02/2012 - Syria - France

French photographer, US-born reporter killed in Syria

A French photojournalist and a US-born reporter are reported to have been killed in the Syrian city of Homs.

04/02/2012 - France - Turkey

Turkey may have banned dead French soldiers' flight over Armenian genocide law

Turkey may have banned the flight repatriating the bodies of four French soldiers killed in Afghanistan from crossing its air space in retaliation for the Armenian genocide bill recently passed by ...

22/01/2012 - Croatia

Croatia votes in key referendum on EU membership

Croatia votes on Sunday in a nationwide referendum on joining the European Union, a vote that political leaders see as key for the future of the Balkan country 20 years after independence.

A decisive year for Iraq
02/01/2012 - World news explained

A decisive year for Iraq

What's in store in 2012 for Iraq after the withdrawal of nearly all US military personnel? The leaders are faced with sizeable domestic, political and social problems.

29/12/2011 - France

Man dressed in Afghan army uniform kills two French soldiers

Two French soldiers have been killed by a man dressed in Afghan army uniform in Afghanistan’s Kapisa province.

13/12/2011 - United States - Iraq

Obama vows lasting partnership with Iraq

US President Barack Obama has promised to maintain an enduring partnership with a "self-reliant" and sovereign Iraq as he met Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the White House on Monday ...

11/11/2011 - France

France to honour colonial war dead with world war victims, Sarkozy says

France is to honour soldiers killed in colonial wars alongside the victims of the first and second world wars in a US-style Memorial Day, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced during ...

02/11/2011 - France

French identity debate inspired Goncourt literary prize winner Jenni

Biology teacher Alexis Jenni on Wednesday won France's top literary award, the Prix Goncourt, for his first novel L'art francais de la guerre (The French Art of War).

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