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'Deeply shocked' Chirac defends summit snub of English speech
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AFP - French President Jacques Chirac defended his eye-brow-raising exit from an EU summit session, accusing the French head of Europe's employer union of piquing French pride by daring to speak in English.
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Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joked about declaring war on France on Friday and pretended to massage President Jacques Chirac, making light of a clash between their two countries over energy mergers. Leaving for the second day of European Union summit, Berlusconi told reporters: "There is no news, unless you journalists want us to declare war on France."
Chirac bolts summit as Frenchman speaks English
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Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac walked out of a European Union summit briefly on Thursday when the French head of the EU's industry lobby addressed leaders of the bloc in English.
Chirac leaves summit as Frenchman speaks English
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Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac briefly walked out of a European Union summit on Thursday when the French head of the EU's industry lobby addressed leaders of the bloc in English.
92 Airlines Banned From Europe Over Safety
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AP - The European Union on Wednesday banned 92, mostly African airlines from landing at European airports, declaring them unsafe by international standards. The ban applies to cargo and passenger carriers from Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Swaziland and Liberia judged to have an "inadequate system for regulatory oversight" or insufficient safety standards.
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EU blacklists unsafe airlines
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AFP - The European Union approved a first-ever blacklist of nearly 100 airlines considered to be unsafe, nearly all of which will be banned from EU skies.
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Chirac Tries To Intervene In Labor Conflict
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Danielle George - AHN Staff Reporter Paris, France (AHN) - French President Jacques Chirac is trying to intervene in the youth labor issues that are plaguing France. Chirac, according to BBC, wants ministers to start immediate talks on a controversial new labor law intended to curb youth...
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France braces for mass protests over job plans
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AFP - Up to a million people are expected to take to the streets across France in a decisive showdown over a contested youth jobs scheme, with security forces on alert for outbreaks of violence.
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French President Urging Immediate Talks To Calm Student Protests
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Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Paris, France (AHN) - After nationwide protests and clashes with police, French President Jacques Chirac is urging immediate government talks with students and unions to dissuade rising tensions and anger over a new labor law. The new legislation escalated...
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Chirac calls for urgent talks over French protests
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Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac called for swift talks on Friday between the government and unions over a youth employment law after Paris protests against the measure ended in violence and arrests.
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Chirac urges union talks on French jobs plan
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Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac urged unions and students on Wednesday to take up his government's offer of talks on a youth jobs law that has sparked mass protests around the country and rattled his prime minister.
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Chirac Calls for Dialogue Amid Protests
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AP - President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday sought to calm violent student protests over the government's youth jobs plan, urging new dialogue between ministers and labor leaders.
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Charest says Quebec government will target health, education, debt
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Canadian Press - QUEBEC (CP) - Premier Jean Charest says he's going to tackle the provincial debt and improve health care in the second part of his mandate leading up to a provincial election which could come as early as next year.
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Chirac rallies to PM as French jobs protests grow
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AFP - President Jacques Chirac of France rallied behind his embattled prime minister Dominique de Villepin, as protests continued to build against the government's contested youth jobs programme.
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Chirac backs Villepin on maligned French youth jobs contract
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AFP - French President Jacques Chirac defended Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over the government's new youth jobs contract which has sparked a wave of student protests.
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Lawyers collected millions in fees for sponsorship probe, documents show
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Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Taxpayers are picking up the tab for more than $1.3 million in legal fees to help Jean Chretien and two top aides, Jean Pelletier and Jean Carle, defend their actions in the sponsorship affair, government documents show.
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French Students, Cops Clash Over Jobs Law
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AP - Riot police clashed with students at Paris' famed Sorbonne University on Friday, spraying tear gas as protesters occupying the city landmark hurled ladders, chairs and other objects from windows.
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Deadly bird flu not in US yet: report
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Reuters - The H5N1 avian flu virus has not yet made its way to North America, although many experts believe it will, U.S. government researchers said on Thursday.
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Contested French Jobs Plan Becomes Law
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AP - France's parliament enacted a much-contested law Thursday to reduce youth unemployment by using contract jobs despite protests by students and unions.
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French government puts idea of download tax to MPs
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AFP - French lawmakers debated a proposal that would introduce a de facto download tax to legalise the copying of movie and music files from the Internet, after an embarrassed government was forced to resubmit the idea for a vote.
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French government puts idea of download tax to MPs
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AFP - France's parliament was considering a sort of download tax to legalise the copying of movie and music files from the Internet, after an embarrassed government was forced against its will to resubmit the idea to MPs.
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France's Carrefour Reports Profit Drop
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AP - Carrefour SA, the world's second-largest retailer, reported a 16 percent drop in net income in 2005 due to one-time charges, but said it will spend 10 billion euros ($11.9 billion) over the next three years to open up new stores and strengthen its brand name.
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Wild, Roloson Move on After Oilers Trade
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AP - As much as coach Jacques Lemaire would have liked keeping them both, he knew the Minnesota Wild weren't going to keep two veteran goalies — and pay them each seven-figure salaries.
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Accor Posts Jump in Full-Year Net Profit
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AP - Accor SA Wednesday reported a 43 percent jump in full-year net profit and said it plans to continue selling some hotel properties while investing in others.
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France's Chirac preaches respect in cartoon row
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Reuters - French President Jacques Chirac on a trip to Saudi Arabia preached on Sunday greater tolerance and respect after the publication of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad a month ago whipped up protests around the world.
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