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Total to ink $4 billion Iran gas deal before summer
May 27, 2017 10:00Iran will sign a $4 billion deal with France’s Total to develop phase 11 of the giant South Pars gas field before summer, Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says.
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German, French finance ministers vow to strengthen eurozone
May 22, 2017 12:30Germany and France, two leading economic powers in the European Union, have vowed to double their efforts to strengthen the eurozone.
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Emmanuel Macron inaugurated as France’s president
May 14, 2017 09:10France’s centrist Emmanuel Macron has taken the reins of the French government as president of the country.
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French police evict refugees from Paris tent camp
May 09, 2017 10:34Police in France have evacuated about 1,000 refugees, mostly Afghans and Sudanese, from a tent camp in northeast Paris.
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People voting in French presidential runoff
May 07, 2017 04:30People in France are casting their ballots in a presidential run-off that pits the centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron against his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen.
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Iran cancels airport deal with France's Bouygues
May 06, 2017 12:20Iran has canceled a preliminary agreement with the French industrial group Bouygues to expand the Imam Khomeini International Airport (IKIA) south of Tehran, an official says.
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French soldiers ‘kill, capture 20 militants’ in Mali
May 01, 2017 09:18French forces in Western Africa say they have killed or captured about 20 militants in a restive region in Mali near Burkina Faso.
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Marine Le Pen calls Euro 'dead currency'
Apr 30, 2017 12:15French right-wing presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said Sunday that "euro is dead," adding that France should return to the national currency.
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France’s Hollande asks people to vote for Macron
Apr 30, 2017 04:34France’s outgoing socialist president has asked the nation to vote for centrist Emmanuel Macron and not far-right Marine Le Pen in the upcoming presidential election runoff.
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Britain must pay price for Brexit, France’s Hollande warns
Apr 29, 2017 15:48French President Francois Hollande has warned Britain that its exit from the European Union would have its own costs, saying London should pay the price for the decision.