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France: Romanian Gypsy hits policeman using 1 year-old-baby as a weapon

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Robin, France, June 27, 2009 — Nord-éclair — The presence of Gypsies from Romania in the Roubaix area [north of France] has always brought its load of problems, but a new threshold was reached when a difficult arrest was made last Thursday: a young woman grabbed a baby by its foot and used it as a weapon to hit a policeman. Last Thursday, around 6.30 p.m., a police patrol stops a young man driving... 

Russia loses Billion Dollars in defense fight with France

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Russia is losing its positions on the Indian arms market. Russia has lost a billion-dollar tender for the delivery of fuel aircraft to this country in spite of the fact that India is one of the key buyers of Russian arms. It was not the first time when Russia failed to sign contracts with India. Experts say that Russia may entirely lose the Indian market if it continues to offer outdated defense technology... 

Sarkozy: Islamic burka ‘not welcome’ in France

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The Islamic burka is “not welcome” in France because it is not a symbol of religion but a sign of subservience for women, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday. “The burka is not a sign of religion, it is a sign of subservience,” he told lawmakers. “It will not be welcome on the territory of the French republic.” A group of French lawmakers has been calling for... 

French government extends free newspaper subscription initiative

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The French government is to give all 18 to 24-year-olds a free newspaper once a week for a year as part of 600 million euro bailout for the press. The concept was originally outlined in January, when the government announced its plan to offer French teenagers a year-long subscription to the newspaper of their choice, commencing on the day of their 18th birthday. The extension of the age range... 

Sarkozy jeered by Africans at a funeral

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been jeered in Africa while attending the funeral of President Omar Bongo in Gabon. Hundreds of people, lined up for the funeral in the capital Libreville, booed the French president as made his way to the presidential palace, yelling at him to leave the country. President Bongo, who ruled the former French colony for 41 years, died last week at the age of... 
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Top French court inflicted an embarrassing blow to President Sarkozy internet law

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France’s highest court has inflicted an embarrassing blow to President Sarkozy by cutting the heart out of a law that was supposed to put France in the forefront of the fight against piracy on the internet. The Constitutional Council declared access to the internet to be a basic human right, directly opposing the key points of Mr Sarkozy’s law, passed in April, which created the first internet... 

France's Constitutional Council reject Sarkozy's law to fight online filesharing

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Sarkozy’s anti-online filesharing  “three strikes” law, has been rejected by the country’s Constitutional Council. The Constitutional Council estimated that some of the measures of this law would have violated the user’s privacy and basic freedom of expression. France’s Constitutional Council has thrown out the controversial HADOPI Création et Internet law, even... 

French National Front call for greater coordination with newly elected Nationalist Parties

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Translated from FN website: I warmly thanks the voters and activists to whom I owe my re-election in the European Parliament, after a very active campaign which was not well publicized by the mainstream media. We travelled nearly 15,000 km on the ground. You can count on my attendance and my tenacity inside the EU Parliament, when I was and will remain so the most active MEP in the European Parliament. It... 

French Nationalists won 3 Seats in the European Union Parliament June 7, 2009!

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The French National Front sent 3 MEPs to Brussels, its one more than 2004, France had 2 before. The names are: Jean Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen and Bruno Gollnisch. In UK: 2 MEPs from the BNP, and 12 confirmed MEPs from UKIP or more. Despite the typical bashing of the corrupted media outlets, the BNP was socially made to look “radical”, despite the fact that they are pro-English only, being... 

United Nations bid illegal immigrants attempting to cross over Britain to claim asylum in France

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MPs have welcomed a move by the United Nations set up an office in Calias in an attempt to cut the number of illegal immigrants trying to get into Britain. Thousands of migrants are living in makeshift accommodation in the French town before trying to get onto lorries entering the UK via Kent, mainly through Dover. The undocumented immigrants will be told that if they wish, they can attempt to claim... 

First French Military Base Opens in the Persian Gulf

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France inaugurated its first military base in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, underlining an ambition to help meet the strategic challenge from Iran and capture a share of the region’s rich arms market for the French defense industry. President Nicolas Sarkozy, on a one-day visit to the United Arab Emirates’ capital, formally opened a 900-foot quay allocated to the French navy in Abu Dhabi’s... 

France: Roma familly escaped Kosovo from 'racism', now defraud 200,000 Euros from French Social Services

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Agron Bérischa, an ethnic Roma, 33 years old, arrived in France in 2004. “I escaped Kosovo because of Anti-Roma racism, but also Mecedonia and Montenegro”. 3 out of their 9 children were born in France Particuliar distinction: Mr Agron Bérischa, an ethnic Roma, living with 2 women. “I remarried, but in the interest of my children, my first wife stayed with us, Overall, our... 

Marine Le Pen demands France to stop financing an uncontrolled EU wanting to include Islamic Turkey

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Marine Le Pen, daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen, has asked the French government to freeze its financial contribution to the European Union, she estimates that money should be given to French citizens severely impacted by the economic crisis. She will head the National Front for the European elections for the North-West region, she adds that every year France contributes 19 billions Euros and it only... 

UK fails to take any action alongside France to stop the influx of illegal immigration

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UK’s Labour still fail to take any action along side the French to stop the influx of illegals entering the UK. Current estimations (so double it) stand at over 1 MILLION Illegal Immigrants in the UK. In a population of just 58 Million!  Read More »

Turkey Keeps Knocking, But They Can’t Come In

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The leaders of Germany and France have again rejected the possibility of Turkey’s membership to the 27-state European Union, the Wall Street Journal reports. Speaking on Sunday, Germany’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel said, “We cannot take in everyone in Europe as a full member.” She has, nevertheless floated the possibility of a loosely defined partnership with Turkey. France’s President, Nicolas... 
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