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84 killed, many injured infresh terrorist attack in France

Eighty-four people -- including several children -- died in the French city of Nice after a terrorist plowed a truck, which was "load...

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Nigeria: President Buhari to host French president in Abuja

President Francois Hollande of France will arrive Nigeria on Friday ahead of a regional security summit scheduled for Abuja on Saturday. ...

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Egypt: France signs deal worth 2B Euros with Egypt

France signed several deals worth about 2 billion euros ($2.26 billion) with Egypt during a visit by French President Francois Hollande to...

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France To Press For UN Support For Africa Force To Fight Boko Haram

France will support a bid by the African Union to win the backing of the U.N. Security Council for its five-nation force fighting Islamist m...

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Five Killed In Second Day Of Charlie Hebdo Protests In Niger

At least five people were killed on Saturday in protests in Niger against Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, authorities ...

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Charlie Hebdo Protests Leave At Least 10 Dead In Niger

At least 10 people have been killed in violent protests in the West African nation of Niger over the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo...

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Charlie Hebdo Protests Sweep Across Muslim Countries In Africa

Niger said four people died in protests over the publication of cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad by French magazine Charlie Hebdo jus...

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Paris Post Office Hostage-Taker Surrenders: Police

A man who holed up in a post office in a suburb northwest of Paris with two hostages on Friday surrendered and has been arrested, a police s...

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French Nationality Given To Malian Deli Attack Hero

A Malian Muslim who hid shoppers from an Islamist gunman during an attack on a Jewish supermarket in Paris will be given French nationality,...

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Amid Tight Security, World Leaders Gather For Unity March In Paris

In a most historic gathering, hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets of Paris Sunday to join top French officials and world...

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From Bikini Babe To France's Most Wanted Woman: How Hayat Boumeddiene Became Linked To Paris Terror Attacks

This is France’s most wanted woman. Photographs have emerged of Hayat Boumeddiene in a skimpy bikini with her arms wrapped around a shir...

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Ebola Crisis: French President Hollande To Visit Guinea

French President Francois Hollande is to arrive in Guinea, becoming the first Western leader to visit a nation hit hard by the deadly Ebola ...

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Niger: French Strike Al Qaeda Convoy

An al-Qaeda convoy carrying a shipment of weapons from North Africa to Mali has been destroyed by French forces, according to officials in P...

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Frenchman's Murder Puts Algeria Back On The Shifting Map Of Jihad

When a little-known group of Algerian militants beheaded a French tourist last week, they were not only lashing out at the West, but also st...

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French Tourist Beheaded In Algeria By Jihadists Linked To Islamic State

President François Hollande has confirmed that a French citizen kidnapped in Algeria was beheaded by militants linked to Islamic State (Isis...

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French Forces Kill 40 AL-Qaeda Linked Fighters In Northern Mali

French forces operating in northern Mali killed about 40 fighters believed to be Al-Qaeda-linked rebels who were trying to regroup after bei...

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Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Killing Of French Journalists In Northern Mali

The Mauritanian news website Sahara Medias said on Wednesday it had received a claim of responsibility from al Qaeda's regional wing for...

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French Hostage Kidnapped By Nigerian Islamists Ansaru Pleads For Help In New Video

A French hostage kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria has asked for French and Nigerian government help in securing his release in a v...

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French Mali Hostage Philippe Verdon Confirmed Dead

A body found in northern Mali has been confirmed to be that of a French man seized by Islamist militants in 2011, the French president's...

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Six Killed, 30 Injured, After Commercial Train Derails Near Paris

Rescue workers searched for survivors early Saturday, hours after a high-speed train derailed just south of Paris, killing at least six peop...

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