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By Lisa Bryant Paris 28 February 2006 French flag flies above demonstrators who carry flags of the Jewish Defense League as they participate in a march through Paris, February 26, 2006 The brutal kill
By Lisa Bryant Villentaneuse, France 29 March 2006 Police forces use a water canon on protesters who are demonstrating against the first job contract law, known as CPE France has been roiled by waves
By Lisa Bryant Aulnay-sous-Bois, France 11 January 2006 Two months after the worst riots in nearly 40 years swept across France, life is back to normal. There are few traces of the rioting and arson a
By Lisa Bryant Paris 01 February 2006 A French newspaper has published Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have stirred outrage in the Muslim world. France-Soir newspaper says it is simply de
By Lisa Bryant Paris 21 February 2006 Two French police officers have been dispatched to Ivory Coast to hunt down a man suspected of participating in the torture and killing of a Jewish man in France.
By Lisa Bryant Paris 07 March 2006 These are dark days for poultry eaters in France, land of foie gras, coq au vin, and other gastronomic delights. Sales of chickens and other fowl began tumbling well
By Andre de Nesnera Washington 04 May 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal French voters go to the polls Sunday to elect a new president to succeed Jacques Chirac. The two contenders are center-right Nicholas Sarkozy and Socialist Segolene Royal.
By Lisa Bryant Paris 22 November 2006 France's top anti-terrorist judge has requested arrest warrants against nine senior Rwandan officials linked to a 1994 attack that killed former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana. The warrants, which are exp
A series of highly publicized incidents involving Muslim women have reinforced popular perceptions that an intolerant, sexist brand of Islam is taking root in France - home to Europe's largest Muslim community. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports for VO
Europe's largest Muslim and Jewish communities, both located in France, have just elected new leaders Sunday, who both vow to make their faiths more tolerant and open to non-believers. From Paris, Lisa Bryant reports the two men assume their new job
Senegal Turns Away from French in Boost to Democracy Senegal, once considered a francophone cradle in West Africa, is now increasingly turning from French to the local Wolof language. Scholars say this is a boost for democracy, but also a problem in
French Experts Question GMO Cancer Study French officials and experts have added their voices to the chorus of criticism over a recent study linking genetically modified corn to tumors in experimental rats. The French national food safety agency join
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 06 May 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy and Segolene Royal Interest is high in Senegal for the French presidential election, where one the two candidates, Segolene Royal, was born. Selah Hennessy reports from Dakar that controversial immi
French Class Connects Haitian Children with Their Heritage The U.S. state of Florida is home to one of the largest Haitian communities outside the Caribbean nation. The city of Miami even has a neighborhood known as Little Haiti, where Haitians maint
By Lisa Bryant Paris 08 July 2006 France's captain Zinedine Zidane (r) exchanges shirts with Portugal's captain Luis Figo after the World Cup semifinal soccer match The string of wins by France's national soccer team at the World Cup in Germany has
By Anita Elash Paris 04 May 2007 New polls predict conservative candidate Nicolas Sarkozy will be the clear winner in Sunday's presidential election in France. With just three days to go, polling firms say he'll win at least 53 percent of the vote co
By Isabelle Boucq Paris 07 April 2006 Last November, as predominantly Muslim youths rioted in the suburbs of Paris, the media around the world struggled to find a way to tell the story. A Swiss magazi
By Anita Elash Paris 18 May 2007 Newly elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy has named his new government. It's a much smaller cabinet than before, and half the jobs went to women. Anita Elash reports for VOA from Paris. Ever since his election as
Tuna fishermen in France are up in arms against a European Union decision to cut short their bluefin tuna season by two weeks - arguably depriving them of thousands of dollars in income. The decision was made because France had surpassed its tuna fi
By Simon Marks Paris 04 May 2007 French voters go to the polls on Sunday (May 6th) to elect a new president. They face a stark choice between a conservative, former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, and the Socialist Party's candidate, Segolene Roya