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Drone crosses path of Aer Lingus plane over France
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» PARIS - A drone flying at an altitude of more than 2,000 metres came close to an Aer Lingus plane as it approached Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport, airport sources said on Thursday.
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French president visits aircraft carrier off Syria: AFP
AFP, Published on 04/12/2015
» ON BOARD THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE - President Francois Hollande arrived Friday on France's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier to meet air crews launching strikes on Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq, an AFP journalist said.
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UK pubs try to avoid last orders as virus crisis deepens
AFP, Published on 12/05/2020
» LONDON: The French House survived two world wars and global recessions. Charles de Gaulle is said to have frequented it and Dylan Thomas once left his manuscript for "Under Milk Wood" at the bar.
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French aircraft carrier to move to Gulf 'in a few days': Hollande
AFP, Published on 05/12/2015
» ON BOARD THE FRENCH AIRCRAFT CARRIER CHARLES DE GAULLE - The aircraft carrier at the heart of France's campaign of air strikes on Islamic State jihadists will move from the Mediterranean to the Gulf "in a few days", President Francois Hollande told its crew during a visit Friday.
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Climbers' bodies arrive in France
AFP, Published on 29/09/2012
» The bodies of four French climbers who were killed in an avalanche on Manaslu peak in Nepal nearly a week ago arrived in Paris on Saturday, sources at Charles de Gaulle airport said.
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Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme has landed in Mumbai, flight tracking data showed early Tuesday.
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'Like losing your father': Wagner chief's supporters mourn
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian supporters of Yevgeny Prigozhin gathered outside the Wagner headquarters in Saint Petersburg on Thursday to pay their respects to the mercenary group's boss, presumed dead after a mysterious plane crash.
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Paris Fashion Week promises drama and departures
AFP, Published on 25/09/2023
» PARIS - Milan Fashion Week was not even over and the fashionistas were already heading to Paris on Monday for another 100-plus shows in the hectic womenswear season.
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Out of the shadows: women in the French Resistance
AFP, Published on 02/03/2023
» PARIS - For decades after the end of World War II, the thousands of women who took part in France's resistance against Nazi German occupation in WWII rarely got a mention in the history books.
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Napoleon's bicentennial under shadow of Covid and controversy
AFP, Published on 27/04/2021
» PARIS - In the Grand Hall de la Villette on the outskirts of Paris, the trappings of an emperor are gathered: magnificent outfits, weapons, medals, porcelains, a monumental wedding carriage...
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