France

Gone Mot: The French Uproar Over Removing Some Circumflex Accents

2:04pm February 05, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Publishers in France are altering the spellings of around 2,400 words in textbooks and will drop the hat-shaped circumflex accent in some cases. That's causing outrage.

French President Francois Hollande (left) greets Iranian President Hassan Rouhani before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday. Rouhani's visit to Europe this week has been accompanied by numerous business deals announced by Iran and Europea

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With Sanctions Gone, Iran Goes On A Shopping Spree In Europe

12:13pm January 28, 2016

by Greg Myre

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has received a warm welcome in Europe amid a series of business deals worth billions of dollars with the likes of Peugeot. A megadeal with Airbus is in the works.

France's Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, who resigned on Wednesday, is shown here leave the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris in December.

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France's Justice Minister Resigns Following Controversial Anti-Terrorism Proposal

10:32am January 27, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Christiane Taubira opposed a push to strip dual nationals convicted of terrorism of their French citizenship.

French soldiers guard access to a Jewish school in Marseille a day after a teenager wielding a butcher knife wounded a teacher.

After Attack, An Uproar Over A Call For French Jews To Quit Wearing Yarmulkes

5:22pm January 14, 2016

by Eleanor Beardsley

A Jewish community leader in the southern city of Marseille has sparked controversy by calling on Jews to stop wearing skullcaps after a teacher was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack.

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Latifa Ibn Ziaten, shown here speaking to French elementary schoolchildren in March, started an organization to prevent radicalization after her son, a French soldier, was killed by an Islamist gunman in March 2012.

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Mother Of Slain French Soldier Fights Against Radicalization

6:44pm December 23, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

After her son was killed in a 2012 Islamist attack, Latifa Ibn Ziaten vowed to prevent radicalization among her fellow Muslims. "I'm going to save others so they won't suffer like me," she says.

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National Front party leader Marine Le Pen speaks during a news conference Monday in Lille, France. She has been acquitted of inciting hatred during a 2010 campaign.

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France's Le Pen Acquitted Of Inciting Hatred In Muslim Comments

11:34am December 15, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Marine Le Pen, the head of the far-right National Front party, has been cleared of charges that she incited hatred when she compared Muslim street prayers to the Nazi occupation.

French far-right National Front party leader Marine Le Pen makes a statement after her party lost the second round of France's regional elections on December 13, 2015, in Henin-Beaumont, France. The party achieved record gains in the first round.

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Far-Right National Front Falls Short In French Elections

5:20pm December 13, 2015

by Camila Domonoske

The anti-immigration party took the lead in the first round of elections. But the Socialist party strategically withdrew some candidates, and the final vote left the far-right controlling no regions.

National Front party leader Marine Le Pen speaks during a news conference Monday in Lille, France, following Sunday's first-round voting in regional elections on Sunday.

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Far-Right National Front Gains In French Regional Elections

2:35pm December 07, 2015

by Alexandra Starr

If the party can solidify the gains in the second round of voting next Sunday, it will position leader Marine Le Pen as a formidable candidate in the 2017 presidential election.

Customers turned out Friday at the Bonne Biere cafe, reportedly the first Paris cafe that was attacked to reopen.

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Cafe That Was Hit By Paris Terrorism Attack Reopens

3:48pm December 04, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A banner over the Bonne Bière cafe's awning reads "Je Suis En Terrasse" — I'm on the terrace — a defiant message that spread in the days after the Nov. 13 attack.

A woman carries a French flag during a ceremony in Paris on Friday honoring those killed in the Nov. 13 attacks. French President Francois Hollande has encouraged the French people to display flags, something they don't often do.

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After The Paris Attacks, The French Flag Makes A Roaring Comeback

12:41pm November 27, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

The flag flies on public buildings and is often waved at sporting events, but it has not been a symbol the French personally embrace. That has changed dramatically in the wake of the Nov. 13 attacks.