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Total buys stake in Papua New Guinea bloc

YoopyaDecember 6, 2013February 2, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 6, 2013February 2, 202404

(Reuters) – France’s Total (TOTF.PA) has agreed to buy a stake in InterOil’s (IOC.N) Papua New Guinea gas fields, which could include the construction of...

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France vows immediate action in Central African Republic after battle

YoopyaDecember 6, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 6, 2013December 31, 202308

(Reuters) – France said it would act immediately in Central African Republic after securing U.N. backing to halt sectarian violence that rocked the capital on Thursday and...

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Clashes erupt as militia enter Central African Republic capital

YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 202406

(Reuters) – Heavy and small arms fire rang out in the capital of Central African Republic on Thursday, the heaviest clashes in Bangui for months,...

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Sorting out Mali isn’t our job, France says

YoopyaDecember 5, 2013May 21, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2013May 21, 202307

(Reuters) – France will not play Africa’s policeman and sort out a territorial dispute in Mali, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Thursday, a day after Mali’s...

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Netflix meets with officials on French launch

YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaDecember 5, 2013January 31, 202405

(Reuters) – Online video company Netflix met with the French president’s staff on Tuesday to discuss a possible launch of its streaming service in Europe’s...

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French president admits to past prostate surgery

YoopyaDecember 4, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 4, 2013December 31, 202300

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged having prostate surgery a year before he was elected, but his office says his health is...

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France seeks to shed policeman role at Africa meeting

YoopyaDecember 4, 2013December 31, 2023

by YoopyaDecember 4, 2013December 31, 202307

(Reuters) – France will tell African leaders at a Paris summit on Friday it will no longer play policeman on the continent, even as it prepares to...

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France reaffirms its limits on Muslim headscarves and full-face veils

YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 29, 2013January 31, 202409

(Reuters) – A French appeals court, ruling in a hotly debated religious rights case, on Wednesday upheld the dismissal of a Muslim daycare worker for...

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France sees U.N. backing to boost CAR force next week

YoopyaNovember 26, 2013February 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 26, 2013February 3, 202403

(Reuters) – France expects to get U.N. backing next week to increase its troop numbers in the Central African Republic, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday,...

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Insight: Weak at home, France seeks grandeur abroad

YoopyaNovember 25, 2013February 3, 2024

by YoopyaNovember 25, 2013February 3, 202406

(Reuters) – The hero of France’s top movie comedy of the moment is a French foreign minister who complains about American isolationism and says the...