Tag: France

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France steps up security on US-bound flights

Washington Examiner · July 4, 2014 7:48 am

FILE - This March 10, 2014, file photo shows Former french President Nicolas Sarkozy during the inauguration of the Foundation Claude Pompidou in Nice, southeastern France. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been detained and is reportedly being questioned by financial investigators in a corruption probe that is rattling Franceâs conservative political establishment. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Sarkozy detained in French corruption probe

SYLVIE CORBETANGELA CHARLTON · July 1, 2014 10:24 pm

FILE - This May 18, 2010 file photo shows a woman, who gave her name as Najat, holding her passport during a press conference in Montreuil, east of Paris. The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, upheld France's law banning face-covering Muslim veils from the streets, in a case brought by another woman who claimed her freedom of religion was violated. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

European court upholds French ban on face veils

Washington Examiner · July 1, 2014 11:38 am

In this undated photo provided by the WielerMuseum Roeselare, a Belgian World War I soldier with his bicycle in Belgium during wartime. Late in the 19th century the Belgian Army took an interest in the newly emerging sport of cycling. A separate unit was created and came to be known as the Cyclist Riflemen. During World War I they played a key role in the Battle of Haelen in Belgium. The German Army nicknamed them the Black Devils, owing to their black outfits and hats, as well as their fast silent movements. (AP Photo/WielerMuseum)

Tour de France marks World War I centennial

Greg Keller · June 27, 2014 6:29 am

President Obama named France as an example of a place where workers could get leave to be with their children. (iStock)

Obama cites France as standard for workplace benefits

Susan Crabtree · June 23, 2014 9:48 pm

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2013 file photo, a man walks past the French bank BNP Paribas headquarters in Paris. French economy minister Arnaud Montebourg on Monday, June 23, 2014 is urging U.S. authorities to be "fair and proportionate" when deciding on a potential multibillion-dollar fine against France's largest bank over its activities in countries Iran, Sudan and Cuba. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

US, French bank close to deal on $9 billion fine

ERIC TUCKERGREG KELLER · June 23, 2014 5:24 pm

France agrees to buy 20% stake in Alstom

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2014 9:17 pm

A growing chorus of Capitol Hill lawmakers are urging France to scrap a lucrative deal to sell two high-tech warships to Russia as the country flexes its muscle in eastern Europe. (Illustration by Karen Lomax/Examiner)

France thumbs nose at critics of its sale of warships to Russia

Sean Lengell · June 20, 2014 1:00 pm

A demonstrator holds a flare during a demontration march of French national railway SNCF in Paris, Thursday, June 19, 2014. They are striking over plans to streamline and open the state-run network, considered among the world's best, to private competition. A week into a nationwide train strike that has tangled traffic and stranded tourists and has caused some of the worst disruption to the country's rail network in years.(AP Photo/Francois Mori)

French train workers protest rail reform

Washington Examiner · June 19, 2014 4:13 pm

Tear gas, clashes: France fed up with train strike

Sylvie Corbet · June 17, 2014 5:32 pm

Executive of French bank leaves amid US probe

Angela Charlton · June 12, 2014 6:29 pm

FILE - This Sunday, March 4, 2012, file photo shows honorary President of far-right party National Front Jean-Marie Le Pen, left, and his daughter French far-right leader and National Front Party candidate for the 2012 French presidential elections, Marine Le Pen, during a campaign meeting in Marseille, southern France. A Greek tragedy is playing out in the House of Le Pen, the seat of France's rising far right, with the wounded patriarch lashing out at his daughter, his political heir, in a feud over an anti-Semitic smear that goes to the heart of her efforts broaden the party's support.(AP Photo/Claude Paris)

French far right torn by father-daughter feud

Elaine Ganley · June 11, 2014 7:54 pm