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French foreign minister ‘absolutely’ denies ‘rumor’ of Swiss bank account
AFP – France’s Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius denied a “rumor” in a newspaper report claiming that he may have a Swiss bank account, as the French government struggles to deal with a scandal over undeclared foreign bank holdings. “I absolutely deny the rumor, published in the Monday April 8 edition…
French magazine publishes naked Prophet Mohammed cartoons
A French satirical magazine published nude cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed Wednesday, a move that could further inflame tensions after violent protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islam film. The cover of Charlie Hebdo shows a Muslim in a wheelchair being pushed by an Orthodox Jew under the title…
France rules out withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2012
PARIS — Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Tuesday that France would not give in to “panic” and pull its troops out of Afghanistan this year after four of its soldiers were killed there last week. “When I hear talk of an immediate withdrawal, such as at the end of 2012,…
More than 1,000 people create live Impressionist painting
ROUEN, France  Some 1,250 people held enlarged fragments of a reproduction of a Claude Monet masterpiece above their heads Saturday in a bid to create the world’s biggest live Impressionist painting. The creation of a 600-square-metre (6,450-square-feet) version of a painting Monet made of Rouen’s landmark Gothic cathedral kicked…
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