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In First, Road Paved With Solar Panels Powers French Town
France on Thursday inaugurated the world's first "solar highway", a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre.
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France's Segolene Royal To Head UN Climate Talks After Laurent Fabius Quits
French Environment Minister Segolene Royal said today she would take over the presidency of UN climate talks, seeking to implement a global deal reached last year to shift away from fossil fuels, after former foreign minister Laurent Fabius quit.
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At Least 10 Killed as Train Derails During Testing in Eastern France
A train undergoing a trial on a new high-speed line from Paris to Strasbourg derailed on Saturday near the German border, killing 10 people, the local prefecture said.
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French Tests on Volkswagen Cars Show Pollution Cheating: Environment Minister
Environment Minister Segolene Royal said today initial French tests had shown emissions cheating in Volkswagen group vehicles, but cars from other brands were in the clear.
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France Joins Probes Worldwide Into Volkswagen Scandal
Adding to a raft of investigations worldwide, Paris prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into possible fraud over the pollution-cheating software installed in diesel engines by German auto giant Volkswagen, a judicial source said today.
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France Bans Sale of Monsanto Herbicide Roundup in Nurseries
French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced today a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, which the UN has warned may be carcinogenic.
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Francois Hollande's ex Valerie Trierweiler sues over end-of-affair bikini beach snaps
French President Francois Hollande's dumped ex, Valerie Trierweiler, is to sue Closer magazine after the French glossy published pictures of her getting over her break-up on a tropical beach.
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French First Lady shuns TV job, regrets Royal tweet
France's "First Lady" is dropping plans to relaunch a TV career but says that she will not quit as a journalist at Paris Match magazine because she wants to raise her children without depending on President Francois Hollande for money.
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French tale of the warring ladies
It's full blown war between the two women who clearly have been the most important in the private life of the French President. And it all started with a tweet.
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French first lady takes virtual swipe at president's ex
France's First Lady set the country's Twitter feeds alight on Tuesday with an encouraging message to a parliamentary election rival of Segolene Royal, the Socialist politician who lived before her with President Francois Hollande.
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France First Ladies: Analysis as Bruni-Sarkozy set to hand over first lady duties to Valerie Trierweiler
When outgoing president Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel turned singer wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy make way for France's new first couple, a very different first lady will enter the Elysee Palace.
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Blog: France's First Lady is talk of the town
Francois Hollande could actually have been the first "laddy" or "first gentleman" (or whatever it is that husbands of women Presidents are called) had Segolene Royal been elected President in 2007. France unfortunately hasn't ever had any "Premier Monsieur" so far. As of now, Hollande will take over as President on 15th May and he has an unwed comp...
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In First, Road Paved With Solar Panels Powers French Town
France on Thursday inaugurated the world's first "solar highway", a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre.
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France's Segolene Royal To Head UN Climate Talks After Laurent Fabius Quits
French Environment Minister Segolene Royal said today she would take over the presidency of UN climate talks, seeking to implement a global deal reached last year to shift away from fossil fuels, after former foreign minister Laurent Fabius quit.
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At Least 10 Killed as Train Derails During Testing in Eastern France
A train undergoing a trial on a new high-speed line from Paris to Strasbourg derailed on Saturday near the German border, killing 10 people, the local prefecture said.
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French Tests on Volkswagen Cars Show Pollution Cheating: Environment Minister
Environment Minister Segolene Royal said today initial French tests had shown emissions cheating in Volkswagen group vehicles, but cars from other brands were in the clear.
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France Joins Probes Worldwide Into Volkswagen Scandal
Adding to a raft of investigations worldwide, Paris prosecutors have launched a preliminary investigation into possible fraud over the pollution-cheating software installed in diesel engines by German auto giant Volkswagen, a judicial source said today.
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France Bans Sale of Monsanto Herbicide Roundup in Nurseries
French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced today a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, which the UN has warned may be carcinogenic.
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Francois Hollande's ex Valerie Trierweiler sues over end-of-affair bikini beach snaps
French President Francois Hollande's dumped ex, Valerie Trierweiler, is to sue Closer magazine after the French glossy published pictures of her getting over her break-up on a tropical beach.
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French First Lady shuns TV job, regrets Royal tweet
France's "First Lady" is dropping plans to relaunch a TV career but says that she will not quit as a journalist at Paris Match magazine because she wants to raise her children without depending on President Francois Hollande for money.
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French tale of the warring ladies
It's full blown war between the two women who clearly have been the most important in the private life of the French President. And it all started with a tweet.
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French first lady takes virtual swipe at president's ex
France's First Lady set the country's Twitter feeds alight on Tuesday with an encouraging message to a parliamentary election rival of Segolene Royal, the Socialist politician who lived before her with President Francois Hollande.
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France First Ladies: Analysis as Bruni-Sarkozy set to hand over first lady duties to Valerie Trierweiler
When outgoing president Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel turned singer wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy make way for France's new first couple, a very different first lady will enter the Elysee Palace.
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Blog: France's First Lady is talk of the town
Francois Hollande could actually have been the first "laddy" or "first gentleman" (or whatever it is that husbands of women Presidents are called) had Segolene Royal been elected President in 2007. France unfortunately hasn't ever had any "Premier Monsieur" so far. As of now, Hollande will take over as President on 15th May and he has an unwed comp...
