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Netflix is coming to Europe in September, a move that has France's VOD market -- and its government -- bracing for impact.
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France is considering disbanding a radical Jewish group whose members clashed with pro-Palestinian activists during rallies over Israel's offensive in Gaza, a source close to the case told AFP on Thursday.
In the Media
by Abhik CHANDA (AFP) - 1 comment
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Identifying the victims from last week's Air Algerie crash in Mali "could take weeks, months and maybe years", Algeria's chief of police said on Thursday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Brussels -
A Frenchman suspected of carrying out a fatal shooting at the Jewish Museum in Brussels was charged Wednesday with "murder in a terrorist context", the Belgian prosecutor's office said.
In the Media
by AFP
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France said Monday the pilots of the Air Algerie passenger plane that crashed in Mali, killing all 118 people on board, had asked to turn back in a new development to a complex probe into the tragedy.
In the Media
by Marianne Barriaux (AFP)
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Bamako -
The black boxes from the Air Algerie plane disaster on Sunday began their journey to France from northern Mali as investigators ramped up efforts to find the cause of the deadly crash.
In the Media
by Ahamadou Cisse (AFP)
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French police arrested 70 people at a banned pro-Palestinian protest in central Paris on Saturday that degenerated into clashes between demonstrators and armour-clad riot squads.
In the Media
by AFP
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Bamako -
The second black box from the Air Algerie plane disaster was recovered Saturday at the remote crash site in northern Mali as investigators headed to the scene to determine the cause of the tragedy.
In the Media
by Ahamadou Cisse (AFP)
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Police arrested around 50 people at a banned pro-Palestinian protest in central Paris on Saturday that degenerated into clashes between demonstrators and armour-clad riot squads.
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
France on Saturday declared a three-day period of national mourning over the Air Algerie crash that killed all 118 people on board including 54 French nationals.
In the Media
by AFP
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Bamako -
All passengers and crew on board an Air Algerie jetliner that crashed in Mali died in the tragedy, which completely wiped out several families, France announced.
In the Media
by Ahamadou Cisse (AFP)
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After three major air disasters in one week, with planes coming down in Ukraine, Taiwan and then Mali without a single survivor, passengers can be forgiven for feeling a little pang of panic boarding their flights.
In the Media
by Pauline Froissart, Valentin Bontemps (AFP)
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French police have banned a protest against Israel's Gaza offensive that was due to take place in Paris on Saturday, following several similar rallies that turned violent.
In the Media
by AFP
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Bamako -
France announced on Friday there were no survivors among the 116 people on board the Air Algerie flight that crashed over Mali, saying bad weather was the likely cause of the disaster.
In the Media
by Ahamadou Cisse (AFP)
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The wreckage of an Air Algerie plane missing since early Thursday with 116 people on board has been found in Mali near the Burkina Faso border, an army coordinator in Ouagadougou said."We have found the Algerian plane. The wreck has been located ...
In the Media
by Amal Belalloufi, Amer Ouali (AFP)
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Colin Furze, a plumber and inventor from England, has started to build the largest fart machine ever. Once built he will bring it to the cliffs of Dover and aim it towards France.
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Britain and France are trading accusations of hypocrisy over sanctions against Russia in a row that reveals deeper European divisions on how to react to the MH17 disaster, analysts said Wednesday.
In the Media
by Danny Kemp (AFP)
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Several thousands held a fresh protest in Paris on Wednesday against the Israeli offensive in Gaza amid tight security days after similar rallies descended into violence and looting.
In the Media
by Stephane Jourdain, Clement Zampa (AFP)
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The ongoing conflict in Gaza has sparked anger in cities across Europe, with anti-Semitism seeing a sharp rise, resulting in violent protests, anti-Semitic chants and attacks on Jewish synagogues in some of Europe’s largest cities.
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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius let slip his irritation with Britain Tuesday after London slammed its warship deal with Moscow, pointing out that the British capital was full of "Russian oligarchs.
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The delivery of French Mistral-class warships to Russia would be "completely inappropriate" given the West's misgivings about Moscow's role in Ukraine, the United States said Tuesday.
In the Media
by AFP
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict stirs up passions the world over and France -- where large Muslim and Jewish communities, a colonial past and divisions in society create an explosive mix -- is no exception.
In the Media
by Marianne Barriaux (AFP)
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Sarcelles -
France's interior minister on Monday slammed "intolerable" acts of anti-Semitism after a rally against Israel's Gaza offensive descended into violence pitting an angry pro-Palestinian crowd against local Jewish businesses.
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The deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza has let loose an unprecedented wave of hate on media websites and social networks in France that moderators say they are struggling to contain.
In the Media
by Laurence Benhamou (AFP) - 1 comment
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A French rally against the deadly Israeli offensive in Gaza once again descended into chaos Sunday as protesters looted shops and riot police lobbed tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds.
In the Media
by Juliette MONTESSE, Sim Sim WISSGOTT (AFP)
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France's prime minister on Sunday defended a controversial decision to ban a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Paris that went ahead anyway and descended into violence.
In the Media
by AFP
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The French and Ukrainian presidents said Saturday that any obstruction preventing international investigators reaching the crash site of flight MH17 will "not be tolerated".
In the Media
by AFP
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Paris -
A robber smashed into a rare coin dealership in central Paris on Saturday, made off with two trays of gold pieces and then staged a shoot-out in a crowded metro station before being wounded and nabbed by police.
In the Media
by AFP
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Parts of central London were brought to a standstill on Saturday as thousands of pro-Palestinians marched in protest against Israel's offensive in Gaza, while in Paris a banned demonstration descended into violence.
In the Media
by Alice Ritchie (AFP)
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Between the first installation, repairs and replacements officials with Paris have spent millions to fix a major bureaucratic mistake. This happened when bureaucrats bought escalators that were too large for the metro.
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A vineyard near Perpignan, Languedoc, France 2006
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Sankofa Unit (screenshot from YouTube clip)
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Screengrab of Tuesday's incident at France's National Assembly.
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Photograph of the crash uploaded to Twitter by a witness
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Abdeljelil Bedoui Tunisia's "minister of missionaries" according to French TV (screenshot France 2 news).
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rue de lengouzy, Lautrec, France
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A couple were washed out to sea by a giant wave in Biarritz, France.
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Nov.6, Lyon Protest against retirement reforms.
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Amaury Vassili (screenshot from France 3 video)
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Christine Boutin (screenshot from TF1 news)
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CRS riot police charge rioters during riots in Lyon 21 October 2010
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Prominent French Socialists Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Bertrand Delanoë and Ségolène Royal at a political meeting
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French President Francois Hollande (C) and his companion Valerie Trierweiler (R) stand next to Israeli President Shimon Peres (L) as students from Tel Aviv's Marc Chagall French school wave flags during a welcome ceremony at the presidential residence in Jerusalem November 17, 2013
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French CRS riot police
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The Carlton Hotel in Cannes, France.
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