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Traffickers abusing refugee children in French camps: UNICEF
Jun 14, 2016 09:16Life is a "living hell" for children in French refugee camps, where they have been sexually exploited by traffickers who promise them passage to the UK, a UNICEF report says.
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Daeshi attacker kills police chief, wife in Paris
Jun 14, 2016 04:28An attacker allegedly affiliated with the Daesh terrorist group has killed a police chief and his wife at their home located near Paris before being gunned down by the police.
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Fans clash in Marseille ahead of England-Russia Euro 2016 match
Jun 11, 2016 12:25Clashes erupted between soccer fans in Marseille Saturday before a Euro 2016 match as French authorities tighten security measures on the streets.
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Air France pilots join nationwide strike over labor reforms
Jun 11, 2016 12:14About a quarter of pilots in Air France have gone on strike, joining a nationwide industrial action by train drivers and garbage collectors over the unpopular labor reforms proposed by the government.
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UK hooligans, locals clash in French city ahead of football event
Jun 10, 2016 07:53Riot police in France have used tear gas to halt clashes between British soccer fans and locals in the French port city of Marseilles ahead of a European football event.
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New clashes between police and protesters in Paris
Jun 09, 2016 10:15New clashes have erupted between French police and protesters, who took to the streets in Paris against the government’s controversial labor reforms.
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Paris evacuates 1,850 refugees from city camp
Jun 07, 2016 01:38Authorities in France have evacuated 1,850 refugees from a makeshift camp in the north of the country’s capital, Paris.
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Death toll from flooding in France rises to 4
Jun 05, 2016 03:52Flooding caused by days of torrential rain has claimed the lives of four people in France after the water level of River Seine around the capital, Paris, hit its highest in about 35 years.
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France admits its troops abused Central Africans, disciplining 5
Jun 04, 2016 07:06France has acknowledged that its soldiers deployed to the Central African Republic (CAR) under the pretext of quelling the bloody sectarian violence in the country, have committed physical abuse against civilians there, disciplining five servicemen.
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Strikes spread to all nuclear plants in France
Jun 02, 2016 02:56France’s union workers plan to begin rolling strikes in the power sector, including at all nuclear plants as part of nationwide protests against contentious labor reforms.