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Abdullah bin Zayed meets French Counterpart
December 02, 2011
During the meeting, Sheikh Abdullah hailed friendship bonds between President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and President Nicolas Sarkozy of the French Republic ...

Islamic burka' not welcome' in France: Sarkozy
September 13, 2009
'' It will not be welcome on the territory of the French republic. A group of French lawmakers has been calling for a special inquiry into whether Muslim women who cover...

Turkey- France ties fray over Armenia genocide bill
December 22, 2011
'' The fact that we are subject to pressures... in front of the National Assembly where the heart of the ( French ) Republic beats, I find that particularly shocking,'' said...

Former French president keeps promise to Di, but who is hero in steamy romance?
October 26, 2011
The president of the French Republic and the Princess of Cardiff had no choice.'' The Princess and the President'' recounts the ballet of secrecy led by a man of power and a...

US returns long- lost painting to France
October 13, 2011
'' We are celebrating today a gesture of friendship by the United States toward the French Republic,'' he said. Most recently in the hands of a fine-art gallery in New York,...

Sarkozy says burqas are' not welcome' in France
December 21, 2011
'' It will not be welcome on the territory of the French Republic. In France, the terms'' burqa'' and'' niqab'' often are used interchangeably. The former refers to a...

Gaza conflict spreads to Europe with Jews attacked
July 22, 2011
'' We really fear that anti-Semitism will spring up again and that the current conflict will be transposed to our beautiful French republic,'' he said. In Britain, the...

Maoris retrieve shrunken head from French museum
May 26, 2011
Marianne, symbol of the French Republic. Maori elders covered it with a traditional cape as one of them, Te Kanawa Pitiroi, stood with his ceremonial wooden baton and recited...

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France, officially the French Republic, is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It is often referred to as l’Hexagone because of the geometric shape of its territory. It is bordered (clockwise starting from the northeast) by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Monaco; with Spain and Andorra to the south....

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