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Michel Platini Is Running For President Of Scandal-Plagued FIFA

5:47pm July 30, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

Currently the president of European soccer's governing body and a FIFA vice president, he is considered a heavy favorite. The presidential contest follows a major corruption scandal.

Migrants cross a road near the Eurotunnel on Wednesday in Coquelles, near Calais, France. A Sudanese man, between 25 and 30 years old, was killed by a truck as up to 1,500 migrants tried to force their way into the tunnel, officials say.

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Migrant Dies In Calais As Thousands Try To Use Channel Tunnel

11:22am July 29, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Since Jan. 1, French officials have intercepted more than 37,000 migrants who were hoping to jump on trains or trucks heading to Britain via the Channel Tunnel.

Nigel Richards, seen here at a Scrabble tournament last winter, won the French-language Scrabble championships Monday. He began studying the French Scrabble dictionary in May.

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Winner Of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French

8:52am July 22, 2015

by Bill Chappell

It took about two months for Nigel Richards to memorize a French Scrabble dictionary. The New Zealand native has won many English-language Scrabble tournaments.

Farmers blocked the road to Mont Saint-Michel, the tourist attraction seen in the distance.

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Irate French Farmers Block Tourist Sites To Protest Low Meat And Dairy Prices

11:59am July 21, 2015

by Lucy Perkins

President Francois Hollande said he would present an emergency package of measures that would give farmers tax breaks and financial aid to save them from bankruptcy, the Telegraph reports.

A diagram released by the city of Paris shows how cyclists will be able to pass through intersections during red lights. In some cases, they can turn right; in others, they can go straight through.

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Cyclists Can Ignore Some Traffic Lights, Paris Announces

4:46pm July 09, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The city says that tests have shown "the passage of cyclists through red lights isn't accident-prone and avoids certain conflicts between cyclists and vehicles."

A student attends a course on religion at a middle school in Metz, in eastern France, on June 5. French schools teach basics, like the history of religion, but discourage any displays of religious identity.

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In Secular French Schools, One Group Wants To Talk Religion

6:35pm July 02, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

French public schools discourage any display of religious identity. But after an Islamist terror attack this year, a religious co-existence group has found a huge demand for its services.

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The Air Products industrial gas factory in Saint-Quentin Fallavier, France, shown on Saturday, a day after the attack.

Police Question Suspect In Lyon Factory Beheading

7:50pm June 27, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The man, identified as a 35-year-old truck driver at the plant, reportedly took a "selfie" with the victim's body and sent it to an unidentified mobile phone number in Canada.

French police secure the entrance of the Air Products factory in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier, near Lyon. A decapitated body was found outside the factory.

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Man Beheaded In Terrorist Attack On French Factory

9:40am June 26, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Police have arrested one suspect over the attack, which also included an explosion at the facility operated by Air Products, an American company.

An UberPop vehicle was overturned by French taxi drivers, who also clashed with riot police, during Thursday's protest of the app-based ride-hailing company.

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Thousands Of Cabdrivers Clog France's Roads To Protest Uber

4:29pm June 25, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Some 2,800 taxi drivers are reportedly taking part in the protest, as taxi drivers form virtual blockades around airports and key train stations.

French President Francois Hollande leads a meeting about new WikiLeaks allegations of U.S. spying on French presidents.

French Are Fuming Over Report That NSA Spied On 3 Presidents

1:01pm June 24, 2015

by Bill Chappell

According to one document published by WikiLeaks, "the main sticking point" for President Nicolas Sarkozy back in 2010 was "the U.S. desire to continue spying on France."