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2012: A year in review

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We take a look back at a big year for France as the country elected a new President, celebrated at the Oscars and came face-to-face with terrorism. Looking to the future, the government wants to requisition empty buildings to deal with the country's housing crisis and we look at how some French districts are turning to private detectives to put an end to neighborhood nuisances.

THE WEEK IN FRANCE
By Kethevane GORJESTANI
THE WEEK IN FRANCE
Sarkozy's gaffe results in legal action in week two of Clearstream
In this edition: Former PM Dominique de Villepin files suit against President Nicolas Sarkozy, behind the scene with France's intelligence agencies and justice catches up with film director Roman Polanski.
THE WEEK IN FRANCE
Clearstream, the "trial of the decade"
In this edition: Clearstream, the "trial of the decade", gets underway; dairy farmers spectacularly dump milk to alert public opinion; the so-called immigrant "jungle" of Calais is dismantled.
THE WEEK IN FRANCE
Interior minister caught up in racism row
In this edition: French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux faces calls to resign after remarks caught on camera; a spate of suicides in the ranks of France's biggest telecom operator; and French households told to pay to save the environment.
THE WEEK IN FRANCE
New twist in Clearstream trial
In this edition: the Clearstream trial is to open in France; former Presidential candidate Segolene Royal is getting ready for her political comeback; and find out how President Sarkozy reportedly tried to grow in public…
01/09/2009 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

France's Socialist Party, ready to rebuild

In this edition: A complete overhaul in store for the French Socialist party after a conference in La Rochelle; Sarkzoy is set to put bonuses under strict control; bluffs aplenty at the first French poker tour at the Louvre museum.

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