I wear the burqa for the simple reason that I am a Muslim and the Koran says that I must wear the full veil in order to be modest.
France has denied citizenship to a man because he allegedly forced his wife to wear a full Islamic veil, the French immigration minister said in a statement Wednesday.
French lawmakers Tuesday recommended a partial ban on any veils that cover the face -- including the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women.
French lawmakers could recommend Tuesday that the fiercely secular country ban the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women.
Two French journalists and an Afghan translator have been kidnapped by "enemies of the government" in Afghanistan, a military official said Thursday.
Banks in France, including non-French ones, will no longer be allowed to offer guaranteed bonuses to traders and other staff under new rules announced Nov. 5. The only exception is for signing bonuses for new employees, and they are limited to a maximum of one year.
A man arrested in France on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations is a physicist who was working with the agency known for being home of the Large Hadron Collider -- the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
French lawmakers passed a tough new measure to crack down on illegal downloading.
French authorities on Tuesday dismantled a makeshift camp dubbed "the Jungle," which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.
It goes without saying that France is a land that puts a certain value on kissing.
I wear the burqa for the simple reason that I am a Muslim and the Koran says that I must wear the full veil in order to be modest.
France has denied citizenship to a man because he allegedly forced his wife to wear a full Islamic veil, the French immigration minister said in a statement Wednesday.
French lawmakers Tuesday recommended a partial ban on any veils that cover the face -- including the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women.
French lawmakers could recommend Tuesday that the fiercely secular country ban the burqa, the full-body covering worn by some Muslim women.
Two French journalists and an Afghan translator have been kidnapped by "enemies of the government" in Afghanistan, a military official said Thursday.
Banks in France, including non-French ones, will no longer be allowed to offer guaranteed bonuses to traders and other staff under new rules announced Nov. 5. The only exception is for signing bonuses for new employees, and they are limited to a maximum of one year.
A man arrested in France on suspicion of links to terrorist organizations is a physicist who was working with the agency known for being home of the Large Hadron Collider -- the world's most powerful particle accelerator.
French lawmakers passed a tough new measure to crack down on illegal downloading.
French authorities on Tuesday dismantled a makeshift camp dubbed "the Jungle," which housed illegal migrants fleeing dangerous homelands to seek a more prosperous life in Europe.
It goes without saying that France is a land that puts a certain value on kissing.
Market days are an especially big deal throughout France. No single event better symbolizes the French preoccupation with fresh products and their strong ties to the farmer than the weekly market. And in no other region is it more celebrated than in Provence.
The French Senate early Thursday narrowly passed a controversial law to allow many more shops across the country to open on Sundays, in what would be a significant cultural shift.
Debris from Air France 447, which crashed en route from Brazil to France last month, killing 228 people, has arrived in France, the French air accident investigation agency BEA said Wednesday.
The French government says it is "determined" to free a French woman being held by Iranian officials, who accused her of being a spy after she took pictures at recent protests.
The 13-year-old girl who survived for hours in the Indian Ocean clinging to the debris of a downed plane arrived home in France on Thursday where she was reunited with her father.
Rescue workers have located the downed Yemenia Airways plane's distress signals, but not its flight data recorders, France's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.
Al Qaeda threatened to "take revenge" on France "by every means and wherever we can reach them" because of a debate in France over whether the burqa, a traditional Islamic woman's covering, violates French law, according to a statement posted on radical Islamist Web sites.
The French National Assembly announced Tuesday the creation of an inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burka, one day after President Nicolas Sarkozy controversially told lawmakers that the traditional Muslim garment was "not welcome" in France.
Ask most wine hounds and sommeliers on either side of the Atlantic where the best chardonnay originates, and the answer will almost certainly be California or France.
World leaders gave thanks Saturday to military veterans for their efforts in the D-Day landings of 65 years ago at a ceremony in northwest France, warning that their legacy must not be forgotten as the world faces renewed threats of tyranny.
France established Tuesday its first strategic foothold in the Gulf, when President Nicolas Sarkozy opened a French military base in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.
The Algerian released from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and taken to France has been hospitalized, CNN affiliate France 2 reported Saturday.
Traditional May Day celebrations to recognize the achievements of organized labor turned violent in some cities Friday, as workers decried government efforts to deal with the economic downturn.
The suspected leader of the Basque separatist group, ETA, and two alleged accomplices were arrested over the weekend in France.
Workers in France have released four managers they had been holding hostage for more than 24 hours.
France will ban bonuses and stock options for executives whose companies get government bailout money, the president's chief of staff said Thursday.
U.S. President Barack Obama will visit France in June for the 65th anniversary of D-Day, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief of staff said Thursday.
Opposition lawmakers Tuesday ridiculed President Nicolas Sarkozy for taking France back into NATO's military command after more than 40 years, but were unable to stop the move when it came to a vote.
Fantastique France continues to make its heritage and culture easier for travelers to appreciate. Being up-to-date on changes for 2009 will help your visit go smoothly.
France bears responsibility for deporting Jews to their deaths in concentration camps during World War II, the country's highest court ruled Monday.
Hurricane-force winds have swept across Spain and France, leaving 16 people dead, authorities and media have reported.
Of all the power supplies in the energy mix, nuclear has historically been the most criticized and controversial. But this most unpopular of power sources has recently resurfaced in political and economic dialogue.
They pushed and plotted, elbowed and jabbed -- and then voted and voted. After months of maneuvering and debates, and weeks of party polling, the opposition Socialist Party in France finally came up with a party leader.
The handful of surviving World War I veterans were celebrated Tuesday as part of 90th anniversary commemorations of the conflict that was meant to "end all wars."
France captured nine pirates and handed them over to Somalia for trial. But it's the weakness of the Somali state that has encouraged piracy in the first place
Eight people were killed Thursday when an Italian military helicopter crashed in the countryside in northeastern France, according to area officials and the Italian government.
Global stock indexes mostly fell Tuesday, as the positive sentiment stemming from France's plan to inject $14 billion in banks and talk of a second economic stimulus package in the United States faded.
A handful of soccer fans booing La Marseillaise sends the political class into a lather. That, of course, is exactly what the boo-boys hoped to do
The dollar was mixed Friday after the House approved a massive intervention in the nation's financial system.
As the Bush administration resorts to a mega-dose of French- style intervention, the main concern in Paris is that it works
Viewpoint: As Washington rushes to nationalize troubled parts of the economy, the inescapable reality is that we're all French now
Authorities on Thursday halted all traffic running through the 50-kilometer (30-mile) Chunnel after a fire broke out inside the tunnel, which runs between Britain and France underneath the English Channel, Eurotunnel and fire officials said.
Once termed "the eldest daughter" of the Catholic Church, France is now emblematic of Rome's loosening hold in the developed world
Every year more than 200 professional cyclists set off on the epic Tour de France, some preparing for this brutal and astounding journey by embarking on various programs of extreme workouts, strict diet and intense focus. Plus huge quantities of drugs.
France offers the multimillionaire couple up to $2,600-a-month – though they are unlikely to accept
Having upped contributions to NATO's forces, Sarkozy has public support. But does NATO have a winning strategy?
Which country, in 2008, will be the world's biggest wine consumer?
An outbreak of Oyster Herpes virus type 1 has lovers of the salty delicacy crying
France on Wednesday said accusations by Rwanda that French politicians and military officials helped prepare and carry out the 1994 Rwandan genocide are "unacceptable."
A former Red Brigades terrorist is freed by France. Let the recriminations begin
Anti-bullfighting activists in France are trying to ban a 10-year-old boy from taking part in the bloody sport
Angered by cheaper foreign imports and plummeting wine prices, financially strapped grape growers are resorting to "terroir-ism" to extract financial assistance from the state
The conservative government ends the Socialists' once-celebrated attempt to put more people to work for shorter hours
Global warming and overfishing have turned the surf off France's south coast into a gelatinous mass swarming with menace
A pair of nuclear leaks have led to water-use restrictions and a nagging sense of unease among the nuke-enthusiastic French
Italian rider Riccardo RiccÒ is thrown out of the world's most famous cycle race after testing positive for a banned blood booster
Rhetorical question posed on the eve of the 95th Tour de France, which begins Saturday in Brest, at the tip of the Breton peninsula: Wouldn't it be surprising if cycling, for so long the poster child of pharmacologically jacked-up sports, turned out to be cleaner than, say, the NFL, or the NHL, or Major League Baseball?
As part of its Eye on France coverage, CNN is asking its viewers -- including the French living in France and abroad -- about what defines the nation today.
A regional train in southeastern France crashed into a school bus killing six children in the Haute-Savoie department Monday morning, said regional authorities in Annecy.
Political opposition precludes repealing the law, but conservatives seek to gut an entitlement vigorously defended by unions
As both the French and the international community reflect on Nicolas Sarkozy's first year in power, CNN International's "Eye on.." strand decamps to some of France's most iconic landmarks to put the nation under the spotlight as it redefines its place on the world stage.
CNN International is showing a special week of programming from Monday 2nd to Sunday 8th June.
As part of its Eye on France coverage, CNN wants to hear from viewers -- including the French living in France and abroad -- about what defines the nation today.
My public relations agency, NettResults, based in Irvine, Calif., and Dubai, employs 18 people speaking a total of nine languages. Through a partner, we work with 58 other agencies in 26 countries. So I was excited to test three new language-translation software suites: If they worked, I could e-mail clients myself and cut down on the pricey human translators we use every day.
The suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA was arrested late Tuesday in southern France in an operation that has also netted five other suspects, Spain's Interior Minister said Wednesday
We're up in the north central part of France -- Normandy -- to see what's happening with French cheese. Cheese lovers will be happy to know, just about nothing, at least as far as the traditional cheeses are concerned.
In what has to be the consummate nightmare of any male with a fearless reputation, Michel Houellebecq is getting a very public spanking from his own mother
Six pirates who hijacked a French luxury yacht off the coast of Somalia are now in custody in France, a diplomatic official said Wednesday.
France's Culture Ministry fears that the country's lack of interest in purchasing art is bleeding an enormous vein of national culture dry
The terrible agony of Chantal Sebire is over, but the cause she championed may change laws after her death
A new Ch'ti comedy is setting box office records and turning northern France into the hottest, trendiest entertainment draw in French history
According to a new survey, in France they're starting younger and doing it longer. More importantly, Gallic women are catching up with the traditionally more amorous men
When I first saw this old diner, I knew it would be integral to the business I would create with my husband, Pascal Siegler - and to our home. We'd seen many traditional commercial spaces, and none of them suited us. But this salmon-pink concrete building was perfect. With its original features, including diner stools and large steel sinks, the 39- by 19-foot main room was just the kind of space we needed.
Like all of Europe, France has some changes in store for visitors in 2008 -- starting at the top. France's newly elected president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and recently appointed prime minister, Francois Fillon, appear to be America-friendly, so we can expect no more cries for Freedom Fries from people who don't get out much.
The ruling brings the saga of humanitarian assistance group ZoÉ's Ark to its legal conclusion, but emotions are running high
A multi-billion dollar fraud hits the country's second-biggest bank, leading to questions about how such insider schemes can be prevented
The European Court of Human Rights has overturned French court rulings that prevented a single lesbian woman from adopting a child
As a look, it is about as quintessentially French as it gets. All the same, from the New Year enjoying a cigarette while you sip on your cafe au lait will become a thing of the past.
Six French charity workers sentenced in Chad to eight years of hard labor for trying to kidnap children were on their way back to France on Friday, the French president's office said.
Now that a Chad court has handed down their convictions, mending damaged relations with France will be the real challenge
Members of the Basque group ETA have shot dead a Spanish civil guard and seriously wounded another in southern France, Spanish officials said.
Concern is rising that rioting may spread across the nation as it did in 2005 if it manages to ignite resentment bottled up in other areas of the country
Moving around France just got a whole lot easier. But amid relief over union decisions to suspend the nine-day transport strike is whether the return to normal will last
Striking railway workers have carried out "a coordinated campaign of sabotage" on the tracks of France's high-speed TGV rail network, setting fire to cables and signal boxes and causing delays of up to three hours, France's national rail authority said Wednesday.
As the French get ready for another round of disruptions, there are fears from the President that his vast reform program is now in doubt
Both events were as widely expected as they were painstakingly choreographed
My interior design business, Randall Koll Lifestyle & Design (randallkoll.com), takes me on frequent trips to France, where I wish I could just relax at my favorite cafés but hardly ever have the time. So when I come home to San Francisco, I go to Café de la Presse (cafedelapresse.com).
Iran's foreign ministry criticized France on Monday for a blunt warning over the weekend that Europe must prepare for war if Tehran continues to flout international demands to stop producing nuclear fuel.
Four alleged members of Basque separatist group ETA were arrested Saturday in France, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said.
Friday's flat stage was snatched by Sandy Casar, a Frenchman riding for Francaise des Jeux. It was one of those long, flat hauls that set up well for a breakaway by a group of Nothing Burgers -- a colleague's expression for riders who've taken up residence in the southern reaches of the general classification.
Through the years, there have been many unforgettable and sometimes unfortunate hairstyles.
She lost an election. Now SÉgolÈne Royal has shed a mate. The marital exploits of France's pols are becoming fair game
Conservatives are expected to win a commanding majority in legislative elections, giving the new President a free hand to transform France
France paused Saturday for a "day of reflection" -- in which campaigning is barred -- before voting begins in presidential elections on Sunday.
On the night of the French Presidential election, CNN followed the work of popular French bloggers. You can find background on each below, along with links to their blogs.
The following is a log of stories about France's presidential election campagin:
Voters will go to the polls on April 22 to elect the sixth president of the Fifth Republic of France.
There are 12 candiates running for president of France in the first round of voting on April 22. Here is a brief description of the candidates:
France broke the world speed record on rails Tuesday with a souped-up fast train, a feat to showcase the technology it is trying to sell to overseas markets including China.
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