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Most French believe Hollande will miss job target - poll
ReutersPARIS, April 26 (Reuters) - An overwhelming majority of French people believe President Francois Hollande's government will fail to reduce record high unemployment this year, a poll showed on Friday. The government is clinging to the Socialist leader's...Tags: Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, International Monetary Fund, France, Nicolas Sarkozy
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French jobless claims hit all-time high in March
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - More people were out of job in France in March than at any other time in the past, data on Thursday showed, a bleak record that cast new doubt on government promises to reverse the unemployment trend by year-end. The new 3.225 million...Tags: Economic Indicator, PSA Peugeot Citroen, European Debt Crisis, Labor Markets, Unemployment
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Rising unemployment creates France's "Generation Slog"
Reuters* A quarter of young French people are jobless * Most jobs for the young are on temporary contracts * Employers avoid adding to legally-protected permanent staff * Young feel older workers are hogging the best jobs By Catherine Bremer PARIS, April 25...Tags: Employment, Government, Unemployment, Rentals, Online Advertising
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French protest against gay marriage turns violent
PARIS (AP) — France legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation's heartland and triggered huge demonstrations that tapped into intense discontent with the Socialist government....
Tags: Government, Human Rights, Minority Groups, Judges, France
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France approves same-sex marriage
PARIS — The French Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, voting after months of often angry debate and sometimes violent protests in the streets. Members of the Socialist government chanted "Equality,...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Government, AIDS, France, Christianity
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10 Things to Know for Today
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. OFFICIALS SAY BOSTON BOMBING SUSPECTS HAD NO TERROR TIES Two U.S. officials tell the AP bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev cited religion and...Tags: Military Equipment, Music Industry, Manti Te'o, Al-Qaeda, Air Transportation Delays
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France lawmakers approve gay marriage
PARIS -- The French parliament on Tuesday approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, voting after weeks of often angry debate and protests in the streets. Members of the Socialist government chanted "equality, equality" and stood up to...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Judges, Same-Sex Marriage, France, Paris (France)
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Car bomb explodes at French Embassy in Libya
CAIRO -- A car bomb exploded at the French Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, on Tuesday, injuring three people and raising the specter that Islamist militants were seeking retribution for France’s military strikes against extremists in the West African...
Tags: Fishing, Al-Qaeda, Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, Explosions
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French family freed after being held hostage in Nigeria
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- A family of French tourists, including four children, held hostage by an Islamist militia in northern Nigeria has been freed, according the French and Cameroonian officials. Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, his wife Albane,...
Tags: Cameroon, Nigeria, France, Goodluck Jonathan
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French Senate approves gay marriage bill
France is one step closer to allowing couples of the same sex to wed and adopt children after its Senate on Friday approved a landmark bill to legalize gay marriage. Justice Minister Christiane Taubira, a supporter of the bill, said legalizing gay...
Tags: Marriage, Family, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, France
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Russia charges that U.S. aid helps Syrian 'extremists'
MOSCOW -- Russia charged Friday that the latest U.S. push to aid the Syrian opposition promotes "extremists" who have no interest in peace talks and are determined to seize power through force. The comments come a day after U.S. Secretary State John F....
Tags: Vladimir Putin, Government, Moscow (Russia), Bashar Assad, NATO
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Quick Takes
Netflix's 'Development' The Bluths will be back just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Netflix said it will premiere 15 new episodes of the cult hit "Arrested Development," starring Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, on May 26 on its online streaming...Tags: Arts, Museums, Music, Arrested Development (tv program) , Will Arnett
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