French News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:21:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png French News – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Far right set to surge in French local elections https://www.theinfostride.com/far-right-set-to-surge-in-french-local-elections/ Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:02:46 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=30307 French voters went to the polls on Sunday in the first round of local elections set to represent a landmark for women in politics and, possibly, for the far-right National Front. The first nationwide vote since Francois Hollande's 2012 election as president…

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]]> Thousands protest abortion in French capital Paris https://www.theinfostride.com/thousands-protest-abortion-in-french-capital-paris/ Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:17:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=11794 Thousands of people protested abortion in France in a Paris rally Sunday on the eve of a parliamentary debate on a bill that would make terminations of pregnancy easier. Organisers, among them rightwing religious groups, anti-gay activists and associations…

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]]> Controversial French comic wins first round of tour battle https://www.theinfostride.com/controversial-french-comic-wins-first-round-of-tour-battle/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 15:29:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=9399 Dieudonne, the controversial French comic who has been branded an anti-Semitic "pedlar of hate" by the government, on Thursday won the first round of a legal battle to be allowed to start a nationwide tour. A judge in Nantes ordered local authorities…

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]]> France to cut troops in Mali, says mission accomplished https://www.theinfostride.com/france-to-cut-troops-in-mali-says-mission-accomplished/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:16:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=9204 France will cut its troops in Mali to 1,600 by the middle of next month from the current level of 2,500, President Francois Hollande said Wednesday. Speaking at an airbase in Creil in northern France, Hollande said the "situation is well under control…

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]]> Giant wave surfers flock to southwest France https://www.theinfostride.com/giant-wave-surfers-flock-to-southwest-france/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:22:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=8909 Big wave surfers hit southwest France Tuesday as the Belharra monster waves crashed onto the Basque country's Atlantic coast, creating swells of up to 15 metres. The wave, one of Europe's highest, builds up over relatively shallow rocky coastal water…

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]]> Dieudonne’s anti-Jewish humour makes him France’s ‘trader of hate’ https://www.theinfostride.com/dieudonnes-anti-jewish-humour-makes-him-frances-trader-of-hate/ Fri, 03 Jan 2014 13:55:31 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7698 A high profile French comic, who could be slapped with a rare ban from the national stage, ironically began his career fighting racism before falling from grace as a "trader of hate". Dieudonne, the burly and bearded comedian known by one name, is no…

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]]> Controversial French comic Dieudonne probed for racial hatred https://www.theinfostride.com/controversial-french-comic-dieudonne-probed-for-racial-hatred/ Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:22:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=7022 Prosecutors in Paris on Monday launched a probe into whether a French comedian was guilty of inciting racial hatred by joking about "gas chambers" while talking about a Jewish journalist. Dieudonne, who has drawn controversy over an increasingly copied…

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]]> France urges UN to play bigger role in Central Africa https://www.theinfostride.com/france-urges-un-to-play-bigger-role-in-central-africa/ Fri, 27 Dec 2013 20:27:24 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=6634 French President Francois Hollande on Friday called on the United Nations to "play a still bigger role" in the strife-ridden Central African Republic as French troops in Bangui sought to clamp down after days of violence. Heavy patrols of armoured vehicles…

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]]> Niger protest against French nuclear firm Areva https://www.theinfostride.com/niger-protest-against-french-nuclear-firm-areva/ Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:13:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5957 More than 1,000 demonstrators marched in the Niger capital Niamey on Saturday to protest against their country's "unbalanced" partnership with nuclear firm Areva as the French giant negotiates a new uranium mining agreement with the government. The…

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]]> French Revolution’s ‘monster’ gets modern diagnosis https://www.theinfostride.com/french-revolutions-monster-gets-modern-diagnosis/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 23:43:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5736 Depending on what you read, Maximilien de Robespierre was a defender of the poor and downtrodden -- "the Incorruptible" who defended the values of the French Revolution to the end. Or he was a monster who slaughtered thousands for revolutionary crimes…

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]]> France will not ‘copy’ British economic policies: PM https://www.theinfostride.com/france-will-not-copy-british-economic-policies-pm/ Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:28:01 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=5719 French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday that his government will not copy British economic policies as they had created poverty and inequality. "I see a lot more poverty, more inequalities and if I was to look for a model to reform France…

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