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US backers of Paris accord set up camp at UN climate talks
Dec 08, 2018 11:56Hundreds of US cities, states, businesses and churches have set up a camp at the UN climate talks in Poland in an effort to show that many people in the United States remain committed to curbing global warming despite the stance of US President Donald Trump.
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French PM calls for lifting Israeli blockade on Gaza
Dec 08, 2018 11:54French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has called for lifting Israeli regime blockade on the Gaza Strip after he met with his Palestinian counterpart Rami Hamdallah.
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NGOs accuse French police of brutality against refugees
Dec 06, 2018 11:11A group of international humanitarian organizations have accused French police of committing nearly 1,000 rights violations against refugees and asylum seekers in the northern town of Calais over the past year.
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France abandons fuel tax hike amid fear of more unrest
Dec 06, 2018 03:59The French prime minister says the country’s government has entirely abandoned a fuel tax hike that was previously suspended for six months amid fear of more protests.
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‘French govt. to suspend fuel tax hikes’ amid raging protests
Dec 04, 2018 10:27The French government has reportedly decided to suspend planned fuel tax hikes in a bid to end two weeks of violent protests in the country over the matter.
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French government 'not planning to impose state of emergency'
Dec 03, 2018 10:46The French government says it has no plans to impose a state of emergency amid the worst civil unrest in France in more than a decade.
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France mulls state of emergency as protests escalate
Dec 02, 2018 05:55The French government says it will consider imposing a state of emergency in the wake of the country's worst civil unrest in more than a decade, which has caught authorities off guard.
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French police fire tear gas at protesters in Paris, arrest 107
Dec 01, 2018 09:53French police have fired tear gas to disperse anti-government protesters marching on the Champs-Elysees in the capital Paris.
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Izadis join case against French firm for paying Daesh
Dec 01, 2018 09:46A group of women from Iraq's Izadi religious minority who were kidnapped and sexually abused by Daesh are seeking to join a legal case against a French firm charged with paying millions to the terrorist group.
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China’s CNPC replaces Total in Iran’s South Pars project: Oil Minister
Nov 26, 2018 08:46Tehran says China’s state-owned energy giant CNPC has replaced Total in the multibillion-dollar South Pars gas project after the French company left Iran due to the return of US sanctions.