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Thursday 17 July 2008
Crunch vote on French constitutional reform package
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- BASTILLE DAY
- France celebrates UN on national day
- Monday 14 July 2008
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is President Nicolas Sarkozy's guest of honour at the July 14 Bastille Day military parade. For the first time, two contingents of UN peacekeepers will lead the parade.
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- MEDITERRANEAN SUMMIT
- Sarkozy hails Arab 'gesture of peace' at summit
- Sunday 13 July 2008
- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has hailed the "gesture of peace" made by Arab leaders attending the landmark Mediterranean summit, which opened in Paris on Sunday.
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- BEVERAGES
- Twelve-year ban lifted on Original Red Bull
- Tuesday 15 July 2008
- Previously sold without taurine, Red Bull energy drink is now allowed in France in its original recipe. The government was forced to legalise the drink, as there is no definitive proof that taurine causes harm. Health authorities remain sceptical.
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- UK - FRANCE - MURDERS
- Second man in court over French student murders
- Monday 14 July 2008
- Daniel Sonnex, the second man charged with the brutal murders of two French students in London appeared in court on Monday, from where he was remanded in custody.
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- FRANCE - BINGE DRINKING
- France to crack down on binge drinking
- Sunday 13 July 2008
- France is set to ban the sale of alcohol to minors as well as the drinking of alcohol in public near schools, as the government attempts to crack down on binge drinking among the young.
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- FRANCE - DEFENCE
- On watch in the Paris skies
- Monday 14 July 2008
- At an air base near Paris, the Cambrésis squad is on round-the-clock duty. Their mission is to defend the French capital's air space and its surrounding region.
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- TOULOUSE - MURDERS
- Family murder suspect critical after suicide bid
- Sunday 13 July 2008
- 55-year-old Jean-Claude Vacquier, chief suspect for the murders of his two brothers, two sons and a daughter-in-law near the southwestern city of Toulouse, shot himself in the head when he was about to be arrested.
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- SYRIA - FRANCE
- Assad makes international comeback with French visit
- Saturday 12 July 2008
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Paris Saturday on the eve of a Mediterranean summit, marking his return to the world stage.
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- CUISINE
- French oyster industry in jeopardy
- Saturday 12 July 2008
- The French oyster industry is being hit by abnormal mortality rates with between 40 and 100% percent of young oysters dying, depending on location. Farmers are currently mystified as to the cause of the anomaly.
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- BUSINESS - SPORTS
- Former Adidas owner Tapie wins cash back
- Saturday 12 July 2008
- The ubiquitous politician, businessman, actor and football coach Bernard Tapie has won a 230-million-euro compensation from Credit Lyonnais after a 14-year legal battle over the purchase and sale of sports equipment company Adidas.
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- crime - GANG VIOLENCE
- Corporal arrested for assault on Jewish teen
- Saturday 12 July 2008
- Two French men including an Air Force corporal were arrested in connection with an attack on a Jewish 17-year old, now awake from a coma after the brutal beating on June 21.
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- EU – FRENCH PRESIDENCY
- Sarkozy wants a solution to the Irish ‘No’ before December
- Thursday 10 July 2008
- In a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said the French presidency hoped to find a solution to the EU treaty impasse following the Irish rejection of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of the year.
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