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Watch man with flare interrupt French Open to protest gay marriage
So Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer are busy playing in the men's final of the French Open when something unexpected happens: A shirtless man with a flare and wearing a mask jumps onto the court and starts running around. Was it Roger Federer, mad he...
Tags: French Open, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Same-Sex Marriage, Roger Federer
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France to hold its first same-sex wedding
PARIS -- France will mark its first gay marriage Wednesday after months of often bitter debate and violent protest that have divided the nation. In what is expected to be a simple ceremony, billed by the French media as the "marriage of the century,"...
Tags: Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Judges, France
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France holds its first same-sex marriage
PARIS -- To applause and the strains of Frank Sinatra's "Love and Marriage," France on Wednesday marked its first same-sex marriage. There was hardly a dry eye in the room at the town hall in the southern city of Montpellier as Vincent Autin and Bruno...
Tags: Social Issues, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage, Judges, Lawyers
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Cameron: 'Strong indications' Woolwich killing was terrorism
LONDON -- Prime Minister David Cameron says there are "strong indications" that a killing Wednesday near a military barracks in the Woolwich section of south London was a terrorist attack. Speaking in Paris at a meeting with French President Francois...
Tags: Boris Johnson, David Cameron
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French president signs law allowing same-sex marriage
PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday signed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, after months of sometimes violent protests and the vehement opposition of the country's Roman Catholic Church leaders. The controversial...
Tags: Social Issues, Paris (France), Same-Sex Marriage, Government, Marriage
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France tumbles into double-dip recession
PARIS -- Beleaguered French President Francois Hollande suffered a further setback in his attempts to pull France out of its economic slump after official figures showed Wednesday that the country has entered a double-dip recession. Figures released by...
Tags: Economic Indicator, France, Japan, European Union
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Attack on French soldier seems to be terrorist act, officials say
PARIS — An attack on a French soldier who was stabbed in the neck while patrolling outside a Paris train station appears to have been an act of terrorism, but there are no clear links to the hacking death of a British soldier in London last week,...
Tags: Africa, Paris (France), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Shootings, Police Arrests
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Harsh words fly between Germany and France over economic plans
BERLIN -- Europe's most important relationship is under increasing strain after French officials accused Germany's leader of "egotistical intransigence" and leaders in Berlin shot back by describing France as the continent's "biggest problem child."...
Tags: Employment, Angela Merkel, Career and Workplace, France, Pervez Musharraf
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Chinese hail planned return of bronze heads by French billionaire
BEIJING-- The rabbit and the rat are finally coming home. Two bronze heads that were looted from Beijing’s old Summer Palace in 1860 are to be returned to China this year by a French billionaire who acquired them from Christie’s auction...
Tags: China, Beijing (China), Bottega Veneta, Auction Service, Museums
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France lawmakers approve gay marriage
PARIS -- The French parliament on Tuesday approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, voting after weeks of often angry debate and protests in the streets. Members of the Socialist government chanted "equality, equality" and stood up to...
Tags: Paris (France), Same-Sex Marriage, Judges, Al-Qaeda, France
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Car bomb explodes at French Embassy in Libya
CAIRO -- A car bomb exploded at the French Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, injuring three people and raising the specter that Islamist militants were seeking retribution for France’s military strikes against extremists in the West African...
Tags: Muammar Gaddafi, Emergency Incidents, North Africa, Al-Qaeda, France
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French family freed after being held hostage in Nigeria
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A family of French tourists, including four children, held hostage by an Islamist militia in northern Nigeria has been freed, according the French and Cameroonian officials. Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, his wife Albane,...
Tags: Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, France, Cameroon
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