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Daily Mail, 24.04.13 04:34 UTC

Le catastrophe! A hated leader. Violent protests. Wealth creators Fleeing abroad. After a year of socialism, France's meltdown is a stark warning to anyone who wants Red Ed as PM

PUBLISHED: 23:21 GMT, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 23:21 GMT, 23 April 2013 Never in modern times has a French government been so unpopular. Even in May 1968, when strikes and student protests paralysed ...

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Telegraph, 23.04.13 17:43 UTC

Rachida Dati drops out of Paris mayor race

Rachida Dati has dropped out of the race for mayor of Paris, announcing that she will not be running in Right-wing primaries as "the media and the system" has already designated her rival Nathalie Kosciukosko-Morizet the winner.

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Daily Mail, 23.04.13 16:06 UTC

Water cannon on standby outside French parliament as politicians defy public opinion by legalising gay marriage

PUBLISHED: 13:08 GMT, 23 April 2013 | UPDATED: 16:03 GMT, 23 April 2013 French lawmakers today voted to legalise gay marriage after months of bruising debate and street protests that brought hundreds ...

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Reuters - Top News, 23.04.13 15:51 UTC

French parliament approves same-sex marriage law

PARIS | Tue Apr 23, 2013 11:32am EDT PARIS (Reuters) - French parliament approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt children on Tuesday, a flagship reform pledge by President ...

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The Sydney Morning Herald, 23.04.13 15:51 UTC

French parliament adopts gay marriage law

France's lower house National Assembly on Tuesday adopted a bill legalising same-sex marriages and adoptions for gay couples, defying months of opposition protests. In its second and final reading, a ...

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BBC Business, 23.04.13 15:51 UTC

Europe: Retreat from austerity

Like the arrival of a new season, all the signs are that Europe is in retreat from austerity.

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NPR, 23.04.13 15:50 UTC

French Parliament OKs Same-Sex Marriage Law

France is poised to become the latest nation to legalize same-sex marriage with Tuesday's passage by its parliament of a bill that also legalizes adoptions by same-sex couples. President Francois ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 13:17 UTC

Police ready ahead of French vote on gay marriage

Legions of officers and water cannon stood ready near France's National Assembly ahead of a final vote Tuesday to legalize same-sex marriage, as authorities braced for the potential for violence on an issue that has unexpectedly divided France and galvanized its faltering conservative movement.

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CNN Top Stories, 23.04.13 11:09 UTC

France to OK same-sex marriage

(CNN) -- France is set to become the latest nation to legalize same-sex marriage Tuesday, despite vocal opposition from conservatives, when legislation goes before lawmakers in the lower house for a ...

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Seattle Times, 23.04.13 10:45 UTC

Car bomb targets French embassy in Libya

A car bomb targeted the French embassy in the Libyan capital early Tuesday, wounding two French guards and a Libyan teenager in an attack that President Francois Hollande denounced as an assault not only against France but all countries engaged in the fight against terrorism.

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