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France: Students face off with police at University blockade
May 12, 2018 01:44Clashes erupted between students on strike from Nanterre University (Paris X) and the police in Arcueil on Friday, after protesters tried to block students from taking their exams and break a three-week student strike.
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CNPC set to replace Total in Iran gas project
May 11, 2018 10:48China’s state-owned CNPC is set to take over a leading role held by Total in a huge gas project in Iran in case the French energy giant decides to quit amid US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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France, Germany urge Europe to act on US sanctions on Iran
May 11, 2018 05:36France and Germany urge European nations to push back against US sanctions targeting their companies doing business with Iran after President Donald Trump's withdrawal from a 2015 nuclear agreement.
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Europe must take its fate in own hands, can no longer rely on US for protection: Merkel
May 10, 2018 10:05German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Europe can no longer rely on the United States for protection, urging European Union member states to take the bloc’s destiny in their own hands.
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France's Macron says Trump made a mistake by leaving JCPOA
May 10, 2018 02:14French President Emmanuel Macron has said that the US decision to leave the Iran nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was a "mistake."
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France defense minister warns against ‘weakening’ Iran deal
May 08, 2018 07:42France has hailed the Iran nuclear deal as a source of stability in the volatile Middle East region, just hours before Washington’s announcement on whether or not it will keep its side of the multilateral accord.
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France: Paris police fight off protesters in railway rally clashes
May 08, 2018 03:23A railway workers' strike in Paris saw police forcibly push back protesters who had descended upon Montparnasse railway station on Monday.
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Germany, France resolute on Iran nuclear deal preservation
May 08, 2018 00:54The foreign ministers of Germany and France, two signatories to a nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in 2015, have expressed their countries' firm determination to preserve the multilateral agreement.
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Thousands of French protest against Macron’s reforms
May 05, 2018 12:05Thousands of French have joined railway strikers in the capital Paris amid heavy police presence to hold a protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s sweeping reforms, a year after he came to office.
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Iran UK envoy: US withdrawal from JCPOA will result in its termination
May 03, 2018 05:35Iran's ambassador to the UK has said that the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), will result in its termination.