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France holds 700 protesters, 31,000 join ‘yellow vest’
Riot police fire tear-gas canisters at yellow-vested protesters gathered on the famed Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris, on Dec 8. (AP)…
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Fuel supplies, schools hit – Macron hunts for crisis way out
MARSEILLE, Dec 3, (Agencies): Dozens of French “yellow vest” demonstrators blocked access to a major fuel depot and several highways…
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France mulls ‘state of emergency’
1 dead after accident at ‘yellow vest’ roadblock PARIS, Dec 2, (Agencies): President Emmanuel Macron rushed to the Arc de…
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1 dead, scores injured in France ‘fuel tax’ protests
PARIS, Nov 18, (Agencies): One protester was killed and 227 other people were injured – eight seriously – at roadblocks…
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Up to eight feared dead in Marseille building collapse
As many as eight people were feared dead Tuesday after two dilapidated apartment blocks collapsed in the southern French city…
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French police arrest over 100
French police arrested more than 100 people after gangs of masked youths stormed through Paris suburbs and the centre of…
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Thief flees by helicopter
A notorious career thief who was once France’s most-wanted man pulled off a daring jailbreak on Sunday, fleeing a prison…
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‘Hero’ Malian who saved child to be given French citizenship
A Malian migrant who scaled a four-storey Paris apartment bloc with his bare hands to save a child was honoured…
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