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Britain plans to sell Dover to the French
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing a backlash after revealing
plans to sell off the port of Dover to the French...France's Internet Piracy Law comes into effect
After a bitter battle to get it through parliament France's new three strike
internet piracy law or Hadopi as it is known finally came into effect today...
Thousands trapped in Channel Tunnel as Eurostar trains breakdown
More
than two thousand people spent up to fifteen hours trapped aboard four Eurostar trains
in the Channel Tunnel last night after freezing temperatures brought the high
speed trains to a halt...Seeking book authors in Brittany, Normandy and the Pays de la Loire
A new writers' group aims to provide support to English-language writers living in France's Grand Ouest region...
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Political parties set to dote on those who vote!
There are fewer than 13,500 British expatriates on the electoral register, a tiny fraction of the estimated six million Britons living abroad. Many British expats simply don't realise that they are still eligible to vote in UK elections once they have moved abroad...
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France to ban domestic violence
France is to introduce tough new laws in order to ban domestic violence. The
government is also planning to conduct studies on the electronic tagging of violent partners in order to prevent them from stalking their victims or carrying out
further attacks...
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French woman marries boyfriend a year after his death
A young French woman, 26-year old Magali Jaskiewicz has married her boyfriend a year
after his death. Tragically her boyfriend Jonathan George died in a car crash
just two days after the couple had finalised their wedding plans.
French women do get fat
Whoever said French women don't get fat was wrong according to a recent study
carried out by TNS Sofres Healthcare and the Swiss pharmaceuticals company
Roche. The study published this week claims that 26 percent of French women are
overweight with 15.1 percent of them clinically obese...
What makes the French 'French'?
French
immigration minister Eric Besson has launched a three month debate on France's
'national identity'. A series of debates and public meetings will be held around
the country in an attempt to discover what makes the French 'French'...Cadarache Nuclear Plant Shut Down
The French nuclear safety watchdog ASN has suspended dismantling work at the Areva nuclear plant in Cadarache after several kilos of unaccounted for plutonium was discovered at the site...
People in France live longer & enjoy a better quality of life!
The UK and Ireland are the worst places in Europe to live, according to the latest uSwitch.com Quality of Life Index. While the UK enjoys the highest net household income in Europe, quality of life is the poorest, proving that there is more to good living than money.
Aggressive Asian Hornet Invasion
Swarms of aggressive Asian hornets are reported to be spreading across France from the south after they arrived as stowaways in a cargo of pottery from China in 2004...Wave of Suicides by France Telecom Workers
France Telecom has come under heavy scrutiny after a wave of suicides by
staff members. During the last 18 months there have been over 20 suicides by
France Telecom workers many of whom left notes blaming the stress of working for
the company...
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New French Carbon Tax
France is planning to introduce a tax on carbon which if it goes through will
come into effect next year. The new tax is aimed at individuals and is
supposedly designed to 'encourage' people to reduce their carbon footprints by
using less fuel...
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Tourist Spends Night Locked in Town Hall
A tourist from the UK spent her first night in Alsace locked inside the local
town hall. The woman who was in her thirties had asked locals directions to the
nearest hotel and when following their pointing she stumbled across the very
impressive looking Hotel de Ville (French for town hall)...
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Toxic gas from rotting seaweed closes beach in Brittany
A
stretch of beach near Lannion in Brittany has been closed because of concerns that
large amounts of rotting seaweed could prove to be a fatal health hazard.President Sarkozy Collapses While Out Jogging
French President Nicolas Sarkozy was rushed to hospital today after feeling unwell
while out jogging...
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Foreign Legion Instructor Sets Fire To Marseille
Over 300 people were evacuated from their houses in Marseille after a Foreign Legion drill instructor accidentally sparked a wildfire on the outskirts of the city...British School Children With Swine Flu Told To Leave France
A party of British school children on holiday in France claim they were
treated appallingly by French officials and told to go home after several of the
children started to show the symptoms of swine flu...
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British Man Brutally Murdered in Dordogne
The body of a British man has been found brutally murdered at his isolated
home in the Dordogne. Peter Fuller aged 67 had been beaten around the head with
a blunt instrument sometime between Friday and Saturday...
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Helicopters Used to Spray Deadly Mosquitoes
French environment officials have been using helicopters to spray swarms of dangerous mosquitoes in parts of Northern France. The mosquito being targeted is the Asian Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus an alien invader from warmer climates which has started to spread in some parts of Europe...
