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Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou has resigned in protest at a controversial bailout agreement the country needs to avoid going bankrupt. Three other cabinet ministers resigned earlier in the day.

03/08/2011 - AF447 CRASH

Pilots boycott Rio-Paris crash inquiry

French pilots have suspended their collaboration with an ongoing probe into the cause of the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447 after the authorities' decision to focus on possible pilot errors in their latest report.

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03/08/2011 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

An incomplete investigative report

FRENCH PAPERS, Wed. 03/08/11, La Tribune has a scoop on the investigation into the 2009 Air France Rio-Paris crash. According to the business daily, important information regarding malfunctioning "stall alarms" was taken out of the most recent investigation report. Meanwhile, emergency aid services for homeless people go on strike. And could a shark be lurking in the waters of Saint-Tropez?

29/07/2011 - FRANCE

Rio-Paris crash 'could have been avoided', investigators say

A report has been published by France's aviation investigation agency, the Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA), with their findings over what caused Air France flight AF447 to crash into the Atlantic in June 2009. They believe the pilots didn't follow the correct procedure when the problems began, although the airline has defended its crew and placed the blame on the Airbus-made plane.

29/07/2011 - MEDIAWATCH

Drunken wanderings in Paris's maze of bones

MEDIAWATCH, Fri., 29/07/11: As investigators publish their third report on the Air France Rio-Paris crash, some wonder why we still use black boxes in the internet age; we also discover allegations of drug-trafficking policemen on the island of Mayotte, while YouTube saves the face of a French TV presenter and thrill-seekers get more than they bargained for - lost in the catacombs of Paris.

29/07/2011 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Frenchifying McDonald's

One of France's leading papers headlines on an investigation into the Air France Rio-Paris crash in 2009, only to get a rap on the knuckles from the investigating body for jumping to conclusions. Also, an exclusive interview with the father of Anders Behring Breivik, and a look at how McDonald's in France is bowing to the baguette. That's the focus for this French press review, Friday 29th July 2011.

30/07/2011 - FRANCE

Pilots' lack of training blamed for Rio-Paris crash

The latest report by the French aviation authority investigating the Air France Rio-Paris flight crash, made public Friday, said that pilots ignored stall warnings and failed to follow textbook procedures due to a lack of training.

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16/06/2011 - AF 447 CRASH

Paris-Rio crash victims' bodies arrive back in France

The bodies of 104 victims retrieved from Air France flight A447 between Rio and Paris that plunged into the Atlantic two years ago arrived in France early Thursday, after which the process of identifying the remains will begin.

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01/06/2011 - AF 447 CRASH

Two years on, families of crash victims mark tragedy

Families of the victims of Air France Flight 447 from Rio to Paris that plunged into the Atlantic killing all 228 people on board are marking the second anniversary of one of the most mysterious crashes in recent aviation history.

01/06/2011 - BRAZIL - FRANCE

Two years on, the truth about the doomed AF447 flight

Turbulence, faulty instrument readings and a stalled engine. That could be the deadly combination of factors that caused Air France Flight 447 to crash en route from Brazil to Paris in June 2009. All 228 passengers and crew on board were killed. This new information comes from the black boxes of the plane's wreckage, recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic earlier this month.

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31/05/2011 - THE WEEK IN FRANCE

Sex scandals: "foot fetish" goverment minister resigns

A fresh sex scandal in France as a government minister with an alleged "foot fetish" quits his job to fight sexual harassment charges. A female minister warns that about half of the country's male MP's are potentially "in trouble" due to their treatment of women. And what caused the Rio-Paris plane crash? The jet's flight recorders reveal what happened just minutes before the tragedy.