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France To Ban Smoking On Beaches, Public Parks, Near Schools
The French government said on Tuesday it would ban smoking on all the country's beaches, in public parks and forests and near schools.
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200 Migrants Anticipate French Cops' Chase In Attempt To Reach UK On Boat
Some 200 migrants cast shadows in the evening sunshine across the dunes of Gravelines beach in northern France, anticipating a police chase as they attempt to cross the waters before them to England.
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France Razes Beach Apartment Block As Rising Sea Bites
When it was built at the end of the 1960s on one of France's most glorious Atlantic coastlines, the beach was over 200 metres (656 ft) away. Today, the hulk of the 80-flat Le Signal apartment block perches precariously on a dune
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Wounded Whale Washes Ashore, Not Possible To Lift Her Back Into Water
A 7.6-metre (25-foot) whale, wounded but alive, was discovered stranded on a beach in northern France on Monday, authorities said, with experts hoping the rising tide will help the cetacean back on its way.
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Shakti Mohan's "Beach Daze" Are So Very Nice In A Printed Swim Set
Shakti Mohan's days in the beach are 'nice' just because her printed bikini adds a chic touch to it
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Beaches In France Closed After 1,000 Kg Of Cocaine Washes Up Along Coast
Authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine continue to mysteriously wash up along the country's Atlantic coast, with more than 1,000 kilograms discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Mystery Of "Garfield" Phones Washing Up On Beach Solved After 30 Years
For more than 30 years bright orange "Garfield" phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
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Tiny South Africa Beach Restaurant, With $60 Menu, Crowned World's Best
A tiny beach restaurant in an isolated South African fishing village was named the best in the world on Monday.
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Love Lorn Dolphin "Zafar" Causes French Beach Ban
A love-lorn dolphin has prompted a French coastal town to ban bathing on its beaches, fearing people may be hurt by the antics of the over-excited mammal.
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French Vacationers Stranded After Power Outage Cancels Hundred Trains
Thousands of people hoping to hit beaches along France's Atlantic coast were still facing train cancellations and delays Monday as workers struggled to restore electricity to Paris's Gare Montparnasse after a fire on Friday.
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How A Sign From The United States Ended Up On A Beach In France
Almost six years after Hurricane Sandy hit the United States, a sign blown away by the wind was discovered across the Atlantic Ocean, washed up on a beach in France. Pictures were posted on Facebook by the New Jersey-based realtor the sign belonged to quickly went viral.
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After Burkini Row, France's Interior Minister Meets Muslim Leaders, Experts
France's interior minister convened Muslim leaders today to discuss a French-style Islam that honours the nation's secular values, a task given new urgency after deep divisions surfaced over burkini bans in 30 French beach towns and after terror attacks that also stigmatized Muslims.
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Opinion: Let France Know We In India Support That Woman In The Burkini
If French women's groups had a sense of their own history, they would be buying burkinis and wearing them on every beach in France to defy the irrational ban. Here in India, the Embassy of France should be made aware that women in India have a sense of strong solidarity with that burkini-clad woman in Nice.
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Burkini Ban Row Escalates After Police In Nice Force Woman To Remove Part Of Clothing
30 towns along the French Riviera have banned the Burkini, the full bathing suit for women. Policemen armed with pepper spray have been patrolling the beach in Nice where the photograph of the woman being forced to take off her "extra" clothing was taken. The image went viral on the Internet and led to many saying France is trying to impose "cultur...
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France's Top Court To Examine Plea To Reverse Burkini Ban
France's highest administrative court will today examine a request to overturn a ban on the burkini after photographs of police surrounding a woman on a beach fuelled the controversy over the Islamic swimsuit.
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France To Ban Smoking On Beaches, Public Parks, Near Schools
The French government said on Tuesday it would ban smoking on all the country's beaches, in public parks and forests and near schools.
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200 Migrants Anticipate French Cops' Chase In Attempt To Reach UK On Boat
Some 200 migrants cast shadows in the evening sunshine across the dunes of Gravelines beach in northern France, anticipating a police chase as they attempt to cross the waters before them to England.
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France Razes Beach Apartment Block As Rising Sea Bites
When it was built at the end of the 1960s on one of France's most glorious Atlantic coastlines, the beach was over 200 metres (656 ft) away. Today, the hulk of the 80-flat Le Signal apartment block perches precariously on a dune
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Wounded Whale Washes Ashore, Not Possible To Lift Her Back Into Water
A 7.6-metre (25-foot) whale, wounded but alive, was discovered stranded on a beach in northern France on Monday, authorities said, with experts hoping the rising tide will help the cetacean back on its way.
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Shakti Mohan's "Beach Daze" Are So Very Nice In A Printed Swim Set
Shakti Mohan's days in the beach are 'nice' just because her printed bikini adds a chic touch to it
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Beaches In France Closed After 1,000 Kg Of Cocaine Washes Up Along Coast
Authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine continue to mysteriously wash up along the country's Atlantic coast, with more than 1,000 kilograms discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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Mystery Of "Garfield" Phones Washing Up On Beach Solved After 30 Years
For more than 30 years bright orange "Garfield" phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
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Tiny South Africa Beach Restaurant, With $60 Menu, Crowned World's Best
A tiny beach restaurant in an isolated South African fishing village was named the best in the world on Monday.
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Love Lorn Dolphin "Zafar" Causes French Beach Ban
A love-lorn dolphin has prompted a French coastal town to ban bathing on its beaches, fearing people may be hurt by the antics of the over-excited mammal.
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French Vacationers Stranded After Power Outage Cancels Hundred Trains
Thousands of people hoping to hit beaches along France's Atlantic coast were still facing train cancellations and delays Monday as workers struggled to restore electricity to Paris's Gare Montparnasse after a fire on Friday.
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How A Sign From The United States Ended Up On A Beach In France
Almost six years after Hurricane Sandy hit the United States, a sign blown away by the wind was discovered across the Atlantic Ocean, washed up on a beach in France. Pictures were posted on Facebook by the New Jersey-based realtor the sign belonged to quickly went viral.
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After Burkini Row, France's Interior Minister Meets Muslim Leaders, Experts
France's interior minister convened Muslim leaders today to discuss a French-style Islam that honours the nation's secular values, a task given new urgency after deep divisions surfaced over burkini bans in 30 French beach towns and after terror attacks that also stigmatized Muslims.
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Opinion: Let France Know We In India Support That Woman In The Burkini
If French women's groups had a sense of their own history, they would be buying burkinis and wearing them on every beach in France to defy the irrational ban. Here in India, the Embassy of France should be made aware that women in India have a sense of strong solidarity with that burkini-clad woman in Nice.
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Burkini Ban Row Escalates After Police In Nice Force Woman To Remove Part Of Clothing
30 towns along the French Riviera have banned the Burkini, the full bathing suit for women. Policemen armed with pepper spray have been patrolling the beach in Nice where the photograph of the woman being forced to take off her "extra" clothing was taken. The image went viral on the Internet and led to many saying France is trying to impose "cultur...
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France's Top Court To Examine Plea To Reverse Burkini Ban
France's highest administrative court will today examine a request to overturn a ban on the burkini after photographs of police surrounding a woman on a beach fuelled the controversy over the Islamic swimsuit.
