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Former Green MP Isabelle Attard delivers a speech during a rally against the sexual harassment of women in front of the National Assembly in Paris on May 11. Attard and seven other women accused a deputy parliamentary speaker, Denis Baupin, of sexually ha

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Silent No More: French Women Speak Out Against Pattern Of Sexism

2:58pm May 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Over the weekend, 17 former ministers publicly denounced the entrenched sexism of French society — particularly politics. The open letter comes after a week of intense national debate on the topic.

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Greensboro Filmmakers Headed to Cannes Film Festival

4:05pm May 12, 2016

by Eddie Garcia

A team of prize-winning Greensboro filmmakers will be screening not one, but two movies at this year's Cannes Film Festival

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Stephane Schubhan, one of six men hospitalized after the clinical trial, still suffers from neurological damage.

Botched French Drug Trial Followed Rules But Lacked 'Common Sense'

5:16pm May 03, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

In January, one man died and four others sustained brain injuries in the early clinical test of an experimental pain drug. Independent scientists reviewed the study to learn what went wrong.

Victims await the start of the trial of Dutch dentist Jacobus Van Nierop on March 8 at the Nevers courthouse in central France. Van Nierop has since been sentenced to eight years behind bars.

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'Dentist Of Horror' Gets 8 Years For Harming Patients In France

2:57pm April 26, 2016

by Dana Farrington

Jacobus Van Nierop performed "useless and painful procedures" on more than 100 people in a rural French town, the prosecutor argued. He won't be practicing dentistry again.

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In France, It's Now A Crime To Pay For Sex

1:11pm April 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The country has passed a law meant to be a comprehensive approach to reducing sex work. But some sex workers say it puts them at greater risk. Clients will be fined about $1,700 for the first offense.

Police detain a group of people at the Place de la Bourse in Brussels, Belgium, Saturday. Authorities had banned all marches in Brussels after a far-right group announced its plans to hold an anti-Muslim rally in the city.

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Belgian Authorities Arrest Protesters; Airport To Reopen

11:09am April 02, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

On Sunday, 12 days after the deadly attacks on Brussels, the airport is partially reopening. Meanwhile, authorities are cracking down on protests and named another suspect in a foiled plot on Paris.

French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech after the weekly cabinet meeting on Wednesday.

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Hollande Abandons Plan To Strip Convicted Terrorists Of French Citizenship

12:11pm March 30, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The measure has sharply divided France since it was proposed three days after the November attacks in Paris.

Law enforcement descended on Argenteuil, northwest of Paris, where a suspect allegedly was planning a major terrorist attack on France. He was arrested Thursday.

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Authorities Arrest Frenchman Suspected In New Terror Plot

7:51pm March 24, 2016

by Laura Wagner

A suspect allegedly in the "advanced stages" of planning an attack in France was arrested northwest of Paris, and security forces locked down the area during a search, the interior minister said.

People walk past wooden cabins in France's first international-standard refugee camp on March 8, 2016, in Grande-Synthe, France.

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Defying French Government, Aid Group Builds Refugee Camp

5:34pm March 20, 2016

by NPR Staff

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) built a refugee camp on the northern coast of France at the request of the local mayor. But the French national government is not happy about it.

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A clinical trial at the Biotrial laboratory in Rennes, France, left one person dead and put five more in the hospital.

High Doses Of Experimental Drug Implicated In Botched French Study

4:46pm March 09, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

In January, one person died and five others were hospitalized during a test of an experimental drug in western France. Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.