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France Launches Airstrikes in Mali
France launched airstrikes today to help the government of Mali defeat al-Qaeda-linked militants who captured more ground this week, dramatically raising the stakes in the battle for this vast desert...
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French Rally Against Gay Marriage
As French troops battled Islamist rebels in Mali, hundreds of thousands of their countrymen had gay marriage on their minds instead. Huge crowds joined a rally next to the Eiffel tower yesterday to...
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France: Mali Campaign Over Within 'Weeks'
France's foreign minister is optimistic about the campaign it started in Mali Friday, saying it will be over within "weeks." He rejected a comparison to the Afghanistan war, adding, "we have no...
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US to Step Up Aid to Mali Campaign
The US is planning to step up its support for France's campaign against Islamist rebels in Mali, reports the Los Angeles Times . The US military, which is already providing the French with intelligence...
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Frenchwoman Freed From Mexico Prison After Outcry
A Frenchwoman whose 60-year Mexican prison sentence caused international controversy was released from jail yesterday. Florence Cassez was sentenced in 2005 for her role in a kidnapping gang after...
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Hollande Visits as French Army Continues Mali Strikes
France's Defense Ministry has said the country's military forces continued aerial strikes in northern Mali, just a few hours after a visit to the country by President Francois Hollande. French troops...
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French Family Kidnapped in Cameroon
A French family has been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon, near the Nigerian border, French president François Hollande says. The attackers were a "known terrorist group based in Nigeria," he adds, and...
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French Hostages Falsely Reported Rescued
A French family abducted in Cameroon this week was reported to be "safe and sound and ... in the hands of Nigerian authorities," according to a Cameroon military officer, but now multiple sources...
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Sarkozy Costs French Taxpayers $2.6M a Year
French President Francois Hollande is trying to fix the country's debt problems—but he's being foiled just a bit by his predecessor. French taxpayers spend $2.6 million a year, possibly more, on...
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Rebels Overthrow Central African Republic's Prez
Rebels who invaded the capital two months after signing a peace agreement overthrew Central African Republic's president of a decade today, as fighters seized the presidential palace and declared him...
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Clashes Erupt at Paris Anti-Gay Marriage Protest
A massive anti-gay marriage protest in Paris ended in violence yesterday as police used tear gas and batons on activists who tried to get past police barricades onto the Champs-Elysees. Hundreds of...
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Kidnapped Family Freed in Cameroon
A French family of seven, kidnapped in February by Islamic extremists in northern Cameroon, was freed last night, reports the AP . Officials from neither France nor Cameroon have yet offered any...
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No. 14: Gay Marriage Now Legal in France
French President Francois Hollande fulfilled a major campaign promise today by signing into law a measure legalizing gay marriage, reports Reuters . The first same-sex weddings can be held in 10 days,...
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Shirtless Protesters Storm French Open
It was just another boring French Open final, with Rafael Nadal soundly thumping David Ferrer—until a masked, half-naked flare-wielding protester hopped onto the tennis court, reports the AP . Security...
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France Gets Its Millionaires Tax
Francois Hollande finally got his millionaires tax today, with France's Constitutional Council clearing the way for the president's much-debated move to level the playing field for the middle class,...
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As Affair Leaks, French Leader Demands His Privacy
French President Francoise Hollande gives an important speech on Tuesday in which he's supposed to lay out his economic vision, but he just got a very unwanted distraction. The French magazine Closer...
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France's First Lady in Hospital After Affair Rumors
France's first lady has been admitted to the hospital, reports Reuters via Le Parisien, after rumors began swirling Friday that Francois Hollande was carrying on an affair with actress Julie Gayet....
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Hollande on Affair Rumors: 'These Are Difficult Moments'
French President Francoise Hollande is giving a news briefing, technically about France's economy, but the BBC reports that the very first question he took was about reports that he cheated on his...
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Actress Sues Tab for Hollande Affair Story
The French actress rumored to be having an affair with French President Francois Hollande is suing Closer , the French magazine that first reported the alleged affair . Julie Gayet wants more than...
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Hollande Critic Unloads Tons of Manure at Parliament
Francois Hollande probably didn't think his week could get much worse. The French president had to acknowledge his affair with an actress, a growing mess that sent his other girlfriend to the hospital...
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