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FOOTBALL: Sports court upholds ban on Michel Platini
0 It's not quite the final whistle for former France skipper Michel Platini. He has lost an appeal to overturn a 90-day ban given to him by ethics committee of world football's governing body Fifa....
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FRANCE - SYRIA: Fabius, Kerry hold Syria talks in Paris
0 Meetings over the Syria crisis led by French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and with the presence of US Secretary of State John Kerry were held in Paris on Monday. Laurent Fabius John Kerry, Paris,...
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FRANCE-US: French jihadist close to Paris mastermind killed in Syria
0 The US claims it killed 10 Islamic State commanders in coalition airstrikes in Syria this past month, including one leader who had direct links to the mastermind of the Paris attacks. Charaffe al...
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INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Mexican New Yorkers celebrate day of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dancers in indigenous costumes perform outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City on 12 December, 2015. AFP PHOTO/Omar TorresImmigrants in the United States often arrive with rich...
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FRANCE: French Wildenstein art dynasty tax fraud trial suspended
0 The trial of the head of a wealthy art-dealing dynasty was suspended by a Paris court on Wednesday on a technicality that will take the case to France's highest appeals court. Guy Wildenstein faces...
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INTERNATIONAL: US Vice President to hold talks with Turkish leaders
0 US Vice President Joe Biden is due in the Turkish capital, Ankara. Over the next two days Biden will be holding talks with both Turkey's president and prime minister. Much of the discussion is...
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FRANCE - WORLD ECONOMY: France's Lagarde to run for second term as IMF chief
0 Christine Lagarde has announced that she will run for a second term as head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), pointing out that France, Britain, Germany and China have backed her and seeming...
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TENNIS: Sharapova and Federer advance in Australia
0 Maria Sharapova has been at the epicentre of the women's game since she stunned Serena Williams to win Wimbledon in 2004. Her win came a day before Roger Federer collected his second title there....
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INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Donald Trump's anti-Muslim campaign, an Egyptian view
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the South Carolina Tea Party Coalition Convention on 16 January, 2016. Reuters/Randall HillJanuary 25th marks five years since Egypt held its...
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WORLD MUSIC MATTERS: Breton chant makes friends with rap
Denez Prigent's latest album Ul Liorzh Vurzhudus / An Enchanting Garden DRDenez Prigent, a leading light in Breton song, has once again pushed back the musical boundaries. His latest adventure includes...
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INTERNATIONAL REPORT: Rain harvesting in Colorado
A rainwater tank Pengo/CC/Wikimedia CommonsIn Colorado, in the US, the parliament is to meet later this month and advocates are pushing for a Rain Barrel Bill. The opposition shot it down last year and...
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NORTH KOREA: How dangerous is North Korea's latest satellite launch plan?
0 Japan on Wednesday threatened to shoot down any missile that threatens its territory following North Korea announcement that it is preparing to launch an Earth observation satellite. The US, South...
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FRANCE - US - RUSSIA - SYRIA: IS training camp destroyed in Syria, France...
0 France has announced that its fighter jets took part in an air raid that destroyed a training camp of the Islamic State (IS) armed group in Syria. As donors gathered in London, French Foreign...
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UNITED STATES: Rights groups back Apple’s challenge to court order on...
0 Apple has rejected as "chilling" a US court order to provide technical assistance to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to get into the phone of one of last year's San Bernadino shooters and...
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FRANCE - US - AFGHANISTAN: Former Guantanamo commander fails to show at Paris...
0 The former commander of the US's Guantanamo Bay detention centre ignored a summons to appear in a French court on charges of torture and arbitrary detention on Tuesday. The case was brought against...
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