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Ceremony held in French capital to mark Islamic Revolution's anniversary
Feb 06, 2020 02:35Iranian Ambassador to France Bahram Qassemi and the members of the Islamic Association of Students in Paris attended a ceremony in the French capital to commemorate the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution’s victory.
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EU to unveil reforms in accession system to appease France
Feb 04, 2020 15:09The European Commission is to propose changes to the European Union (EU)’s accession system to accommodate French concerns and end France’s opposition to the membership of certain new countries.
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France to deploy 600 more troops in Africa’s Sahel
Feb 02, 2020 09:44France will soon be sending 600 more soldiers to Africa's Sahel region, where it already has thousands of troops stationed as part of a counter-terrorism mission.
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Over 6,000 trapped aboard ship at Italian port over virus fears
Jan 31, 2020 02:28Over 6,000 tourists have been trapped aboard a cruise ship at an Italian port as a Chinese couple on the giant ship is being tested for the coronavirus.
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France condemns Turkey for ‘violating Berlin agreement on Libya’
Jan 30, 2020 09:49French President Emmanuel Macron has lambasted his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for sending warships and “mercenaries” to crisis-hit Libya, stressing that Ankara is breaching an agreement reached at a summit in Berlin earlier this month to halt foreign interference in the North African country.
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Finland confirms its first coronavirus case; France announces fifth case
Jan 30, 2020 03:19The director of Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare announces the first confirmed case of the new coronavirus in Finland.
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French firemen protest against pension reform in Paris
Jan 28, 2020 12:01Striking firefighters demonstrate on the Place de la République in Paris to denounce a lack of manpower, increased recognition of their profession, and guarantees for their pensions. This is the second national demonstration by firefighters in less than four months in the capital.
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Workers shut down the Louvre. The French labor strike is here to stay
Jan 27, 2020 12:13French railway workers remain on strike for the second month in a row and workers across industries continue demonstrations and work stoppages against the government’s plans to restructure the pension system.
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Iran’s Petropars signing deals on South Pars phase 11 development: Minister
Jan 26, 2020 03:53Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has said that development works for a major section of the sprawling South Pars Gas Field keep flowing despite the fact that global energy giants have abandoned the project under pressure from United States.
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Thousands across France protest govt. bid to overhaul pensions
Jan 25, 2020 04:29Protesters again poured into streets across France on Friday hoping to derail a hotly contested pension overhaul, whose fate will soon be in the hands of lawmakers after weeks of crippling transport strikes.