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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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High school students and ambulance drivers join ‘Yellow Vest’ protests in France
Dec 07, 2018 15:47With a fourth consecutive Saturday of mass demonstrations against French President Emmanuel Macron’s regressive taxes planned this weekend, tens of thousands of high school students throughout France have staged demonstrations at their school buildings.
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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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Flawed policies fueling French protests, yellow jackets spill into Belgium
Dec 03, 2018 13:52France, along with other western countries, which had tried to blow out of proportion the isolated incidents of economic protests in Iran as a mass movement against the Islamic Republic, is now facing nationwide demonstrations against the government as Paris is presenting the spectacle of a war zone, threatening to bring down the ruling regime.
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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.