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French youths clash with pigs

Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from Al Jazeera

About a hundred youths have clashed with French police after setting fire to cars and bins in an area of Paris where violent riots broke out in November

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France's "toxic ship" back after scrap yard fiasco

Posted by Billbar from Reuters

Under gray skies, tugboats maneuvered the former aircraft carrier Clemenceau, once the pride of the French navy but now an asbestos-laden shell, now renamed "Q790", into the harbor of Brest, the Breton port where it was built in 1955. Stripped of its equipment, the 27,000-tonne hulk had been destined for an Indian scrap yard but local authorities ruled in February the asbestos on board could pose serious health risks and blocked it from entering Indian territorial waters.

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French Digital Music Copyright Bill Advances

Posted by Billbar from New York Times

The Senate passed "the iPod bill" on Wednesday after amending it to address concerns from companies like Apple that had called it "state-sponsored piracy." The bill would guarantee that tunes could play on multiple devices in a way that preserves some copy protection and respects rights established when the work was purchased.

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Chirac hits back over Clearstream scandal

Posted by Billbar from Yahoo News!

French President Jacques Chirac has launched an offensive over a growing dirty tricks scandal that is threatening to paralyse his government and bring a humiliating end to his decade-long rule. In a surprise television statement made after a regular cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Chirac lashed out at "the dictatorship of rumor" dogging a judicial investigation into the scandal.

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Villepin defends role in smear scandal

Posted by Billbar from Reuters UK

French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin denied on Thursday allegations he had launched a corruption probe into a presidential rival, trying to silence calls for his resignation - known as the Clearstream affair, swiftly dubbed the "French Watergate" by the opposition.

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French Government Withdraws Controversial Job Law

Posted by Billbar from Washington Post

French President Jacques Chirac's government Monday withdrew a controversial youth employment law that had ignited more than a month of protests and violence on the streets of Paris and other cities.

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Meet Gatien: French Student, Protest Leader

Posted by Damianmann from OhMyNews

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