France’s ‘bachelor’ president begins new chapter after split
PARIS: French President Francois Hollande on Sunday began a new chapter in his presidency as a bachelor after splitting from his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, of eight...
French President Francois Hollande
Halt settlements, French leader tells Israel
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Jerusalem: French President Francois Hollande on Monday demanded an end to Jewish settlement activity and told the Israeli parliament Jerusalem must one day be the...
Hollande booed at war dead commemorations in Paris
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Paris: A solemn event presided over by French President Francois Hollande to remember those who died in World War I turned into a shouting match...
Sidelined France still determined to go after Assad
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PARIS: Sidelined from the US-Russia negotiations on chemical weapons, France is determined that demands for President Bashar al-Assad to be tried for war crimes do...
Syria peace hopes fade after rebels’ talks with West
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NEW YORK: Syria’s main opposition group wanted to talk about their “desperate” need for weapons, but Western leaders they met this week preferred to discuss...
EU leaders call time on banking secrecy at tax summit
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BRUSSELS: European leaders targeted Wednesday setting a year-end deadline to do away with banking secrecy, hoping to recoup a trillion euros in lost tax each...
Three dead in France apartment block collapse
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REIMS, France:Â Three people died and 14 were injured Sunday when part of an apartment block in the French city of Reims collapsed after a suspected...
Troops’ withdrawal from Mali to begin in April: Hollande
by Daniel Clark
Paris: French President Francois Hollande on Wednesday said his country will begin withdrawing troops from Mali in April, 2013 as the terrorist kingpins have been...
Hollande to visit Mali as French troops eye last bastion
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Timbuktu: President Francois Hollande prepared to visit Mali as French-led troops worked Friday to secure the last Islamist stronghold in the north after a lightning...
Germany, France on anniversary eye bolstered eurozone
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Berlin: France and Germany on Tuesday agreed to hammer out joint proposals for strengthening the crisis-battered eurozone as they marked 50 years since a treaty...