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Hollande Tries to Kickstart His Presidency Like the Scooter He Rides to His Trysts
These 70 Year-Old Nazi Hunters Just Took on France's Most Hated Comedian -- and Won
Can the World Still Make a Difference in the Central African Republic?
This Croatian Group Has Had Enough of Bob Dylan's Racism
So, Apple, You're Now the World's Top Brand: Here's the Fate That Awaits You
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Hollande Tries to Kickstart His Presidency Like the Scooter He Rides to His Trysts
He's the most unpopular French president in modern memory. He's struggled to jumpstart his country's sluggish economy. And on Tuesday French President Francois Hollande faced an assembled 500 journalists to present his plan for how to bring...
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Tue, Jan 01 2014 2:14 PM
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These 70 Year-Old Nazi Hunters Just Took on France's Most Hated Comedian -- and Won
It looks like Europe's most famous Nazi-hunting family is back at it again, and this time, they're going after a different kind of opponent: the controversial French-Cameroonian comedian Dieudonné Mbala-Mbala, who most recently made headlines...
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Tue, Jan 01 2014 2:11 PM
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Can the World Still Make a Difference in the Central African Republic?
Things have gone from bad to worse in the Central African Republic. Nine months after a rebel alliance known as Seleka seized control of Bangui, the country's riverside capital, and forced President François Bozizé into exile, CAR is quickly descending...
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Tue, Dec 12 2013 5:45 AM
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This Croatian Group Has Had Enough of Bob Dylan's Racism
Bob Dylan may be an icon of the American civil rights movement, but that hasn't stopped a Croatian community group in France from suing the folk singer over allegedly racist comments he made last year. With songs like "The Lonesome Death of Hattie...
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Mon, Dec 12 2013 11:44 AM
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So, Apple, You're Now the World's Top Brand: Here's the Fate That Awaits You
On Monday, Apple (and, in second place, Google) surpassed Coca-Cola as the most valuable brand in the world according to an annual report by the consultancy Interbrand -- a title the beverage behemoth has claimed since the start of the report's run...
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Tue, Oct 10 2013 2:00 PM
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France's President Has a 'Mission Accomplished' Moment in Mali
As French President François Hollande spoke at the inauguration of Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, Mali's first elected president since the country's unrest began in March 2012 with a coup , all that was missing was a 'Mission Accomplished' banner...
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Thu, Sep 09 2013 10:08 AM
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A Sad Day for the French Language: Le Binge Drinking Gets Its Own Word
Authorities in France have struck yet another " Anglo-Saxon " term from the country's lexicon and replaced it with a domestic equivalent. As of this week, the French no longer engage in "le binge drinking" -- the proper term in...
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Mon, Jul 07 2013 4:00 PM
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The Postage Stamp That Has France in a Frenzy
Not everyone in France is thrilled with the new postage stamp featuring a youthful Marianne, one of the symbols of la République Française , that François Hollande unveiled at the Élysée Palace on Bastille Day -- as part of a tradition in which each new...
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Mon, Jul 07 2013 3:40 PM
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The Strange Letter That Has France Asking, 'Use Me?'
On Monday, France's Le Monde newspaper published a letter that has left many amused -- and others utterly confused. Investigators found the handwritten, undated letter, allegedly from current IMF chief Christine Lagarde to former French President...
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Tue, Jun 06 2013 3:20 PM
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Monsieur Hollande's opus
French President Francois Hollande landed in Mali Saturday, and received a hero's welcome in Timbuktu, which until recently was a jihadist stronghold. Can you imagine a U.S. president doing this? Hollande was greeted by Malians sporting shirts with...
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Sat, Feb 02 2013 6:45 AM
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An all-Europe army?
A report produced by a group of 11 E.U. foreign ministers this week on the future of Europe focused, understandably, on how greater integration - or "more Europe" - could help resolve the ongoing debt crises, through greater oversight of member...
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Wed, Sep 09 2012 11:51 AM
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A lean to the far right in Greece?
With Greece's national parliamentary election set for May 6, the crisis-ridden country may have a new threat to worry about: the extremist fringe vote. Due to popular frustration with the country's current economic situation, it is " thought...
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Fri, Apr 04 2012 12:00 PM
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The latest Dominique Strauss-Kahn twist
Last we left the French politician, he had been freed from house arrest after the veracity of his accuser's story came into question; French society contemplated his political future ; and a French writer, Tristane Banon, said even if he didn't...
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Tue, Jul 07 2011 8:43 AM
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The best photos from France’s Bastille Day celebration
French troops marched down the Champs-Elysees today to mark Bastille Day, in front of thousands. For you history buffs: the holiday celebrates July 14, 1789, the day angry crowds stormed the Bastille prison in Paris, helping to set off the French Revolution...
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Thu, Jul 07 2011 1:51 PM
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Norwegian-French Eva Joly to run for president in France
The latest candidate to jump into the 2012 French presidential race has quite a background - once a beauty queen and au pair, later a muckraking prosecutor, and now a member of the European Parliament for the Green-Europe Ecology party. But the most striking...
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Wed, Jul 07 2011 8:17 AM
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