France's Lemaitre wins gold in 100m at championships

France's Christophe Lemaitre won the 100 metres gold at the European championships in Spain Wednesday, clocking 10.11 seconds. The next four athletes all came in at exactly the same time of 10.18 seconds.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100728-frances-lemaitre-wins-100m-gold-athletics-european-championships-chambers-spain

France to dismantle half of all illegal itinerant camps

France's Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux announced Wednesday that half the country's illegal "travelling people" and Roma camps would be dismantled within three months, and that any caught breaking the law would be deported.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100728-france-dismantle-illegal-itinerant-camps-roma-paris-travellers-nomadic

Bodies of eight newborn babies found in French house

The bodies of eight newborn babies have been found in a house and garden in a village in northern France.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7915243/Bodies-of-eight-newborn-babies-found-in-French-house.html

Students solve mystery of Frenchman murdered 34 years ago

High school students in Argentina helped identify the remains of Yves Domergue  and Cristina Cialceta, a Frenchman and his Mexican girlfriend who had disappeared during the country's 1976-1983 brutal military regime.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100727-students-identify-remains-frenchman-missing-junta-argentina-domergue%20

Police question L'Oreal heiress in donations probe

Police questioned L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt  on Monday over allegations of illegal donations to Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 presidential campaign. Labour Minister Eric Woerth will be questioned later this week.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100726-police-question-labour-minister-loreal-heiress-donations-probe-woerth-france-bettencourt

French hostage 'executed' after raid on al Qaeda base

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it had killed French hostage Michel Germaneau in an audio statement broadcast by Al-Jazeera TV on Sunday. French authorities say they have received "no confirmation" of the killing.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100725-french-hostage-executed-aqim-qaeda-north-africa-michel-germaneau-killing

The New Caledonian nickel factory that cooks fish alive

Fish from the New Caledonian lagoon, literally "cooked" by sulphuric acid.



Our Observer tells us about his fight against Vale Inco's nickel treatment plant in New Caledonia, where repeated accidents threaten to wreck the island's unique flora and fauna.
A quarter of the world's nickel reserves are located in New Caledonia, and it is the fourth largest producer of nickel in the world. Vale Inco, a nickel and cobalt extraction and production plant built in 2002, began test phases in the province of Sud du Caillou in 2009. The factory was given the classification SEVESO II, according to a European directive that identifies industrial sites requiring specific measures to prevent major hazards.

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http://observers.france24.com/en/content/20100723-caledonian-nickel-factory-cooks-fish-alive-biodiversity-vale-inco

Fate of French al-Qaeda hostage unknown despite military raid

France said on Saturday it had no information as to the fate of Michel Germaneau, a 78-year-old engineer held hostage by al-Qaeda's North African wing, as French-backed Mauritanian forces wrapped up four days of operations against the Islamist group.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100724-french-al-qaeda-hostage-fate-unknown-military-operations-michel-germaneau-mauritania

France axes all 23 World Cup players for Norway friendly

New French manager Laurent Blanc  has dropped all of the 23 players who played in the World Cup in South Africa for his first match as coach against Norway in August.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100723-new-france-coach-world-cup-players-norway-match-laurent-blanc-fff

Troops raid al Qaeda-affiliate base, French hostage still captive

France has confirmed it provided "technical and logistical support" to a Mauritanian military raid on an al Qaeda-affiliate base near the border with Mali. It is unclear whether the operation was intended to free French hostage Michel Germaneau.


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http://www.france24.com/en/20100723-troops-attack-al-qaeda-affiliate-base-french-hostage-not-freed-germaneau-mauritania-mali