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PARIS - Lawyers representing former French president Jacques Chirac have claimed that may have Alzheimer's disease, and therefore, may not be in a position to face a corruption trial next month.
NEW YORK/GENEVA/PARIS - More than 50 people have been killed and "massive violations of human rights" have taken place in Ivory Coast since Thursday, the UN human rights chief said Sunday as the West African nation swings closer to civil war.
PARIS - France's crippling nationwide strike over President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform plan began to ease off as the senate Tuesday passed the final legislative bill and Paris began to tally up the costs of two weeks of labour disruptions.
PARIS - More than one million people were expected to protest throughout France Saturday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's pension reform as a strike by transport and oil refinery workers went into its fifth day.
PARIS - Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's prison conditions improved significantly after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, his wife said in an interview published Wednesday in the French online daily Mediapart.
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