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Jean-Jacques Sempe, French Cartoonist Of 'Le Petit Nicolas' Fame, Dies
Jean-Jacques Sempe, who originally wanted to be a jazz pianist and had a difficult childhood, dropped out of school aged 14.
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"Ebola Is Defeated", Says Congolese Professor Who Discovered Virus
Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease under control, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the Congolese professor who first discovered the virus more than 40 years ago.
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French Adventurer Ends 127-Day Trip Across Atlantic Ocean In Huge Barrel
72-year-old French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin on an Atlantic crossing in a plywood barrel had set off from the Canary Islands on Dec. 26, 2018.
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Frenchman In A Barrel Closing In On Trans-Atlantic Crossing
A 72-year-old Frenchman floating across the Atlantic in a custom-made barrel says he is in high spirits as he approaches the end of his journey, after nearly 100 days alone at sea enjoying "magnificent sunrises and sunsets."
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Moroccan Fossil Find Rearranges Homo Sapiens Family Tree
This week's unveiling of the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains has painted an excitingly chaotic picture of what Earth was like 300,000 years ago -- bustling with hominin species that included a very early version of our own, experts say.
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Rain, Hail and Drought: Organic French Winemakers Feel the Pinch
"This isn't so much a harvest, as a hunt for grapes," said French winemaker Jean-Jacques Robert, with a rueful laugh as he unloaded grapes still warm from his vineyards around Fuisse in Burgundy.
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Salah Abdeslam To Be Held In Isolation In Paris Region Prison: Minister
Top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, who was transferred from Belgium to France on Wednesday, will be held in isolation in a Paris-area prison, French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said.
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Salah Abdeslam To Be Handed Over To France In 90 Days At Most: Minister
French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said Saturday that Belgium will hand over top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to France in no more than three months.
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Zara Fires French Employees for Barring Woman Wearing Headscarf
Zara fired two employees from a French store today after social media outrage over a woman being denied entry for wearing a Muslim headscarf.
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Zoo Animals in Athens at Risk as Crisis Hits Feed Imports
Curious and noisy, a group of Madagascar lemurs surround Jean-Jacques Lesueur, founder of Attica Park in Athens, unaware that the special biscuits he is handing out to them are running low and they may soon not have enough to eat.
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French Tourist Shot Dead, Wife Injured in Nigeria: Police, Embassy
A French tourist was shot dead and his wife injured in a suspected robbery in southeastern Nigeria, police and the French embassy in Abuja said on Thursday.
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'Ebola Will Return', Warns Veteran Congolese Scientist
Amid a decline in a West African outbreak that has taken more than 11,000 lives, Jean-Jacques Muyembe warns that Ebola will strike again in the future and that the deadly virus poses "a threat to the whole world".
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Belgian lawmakers extend euthanasia to children
Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the country's euthanasia law to children under 18.
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European satellites launched to eye Earth's magnetic field
The European Space Agency on Friday launched three satellites it hopes will help understand why the magnetic field that makes human life possible on Earth appears to be weakening.
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I am proud of my origins: Freida Pinto
Actress Freida Pinto on the true meaning of beauty and why she loves attending the Cannes Film Festival.
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Jean-Jacques Sempe, French Cartoonist Of 'Le Petit Nicolas' Fame, Dies
Jean-Jacques Sempe, who originally wanted to be a jazz pianist and had a difficult childhood, dropped out of school aged 14.
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"Ebola Is Defeated", Says Congolese Professor Who Discovered Virus
Ebola has been defeated. Vaccines and medical treatments have brought the deadly and terrifying disease under control, says Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the Congolese professor who first discovered the virus more than 40 years ago.
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French Adventurer Ends 127-Day Trip Across Atlantic Ocean In Huge Barrel
72-year-old French adventurer Jean-Jacques Savin on an Atlantic crossing in a plywood barrel had set off from the Canary Islands on Dec. 26, 2018.
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Frenchman In A Barrel Closing In On Trans-Atlantic Crossing
A 72-year-old Frenchman floating across the Atlantic in a custom-made barrel says he is in high spirits as he approaches the end of his journey, after nearly 100 days alone at sea enjoying "magnificent sunrises and sunsets."
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Moroccan Fossil Find Rearranges Homo Sapiens Family Tree
This week's unveiling of the oldest-known Homo sapiens remains has painted an excitingly chaotic picture of what Earth was like 300,000 years ago -- bustling with hominin species that included a very early version of our own, experts say.
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Rain, Hail and Drought: Organic French Winemakers Feel the Pinch
"This isn't so much a harvest, as a hunt for grapes," said French winemaker Jean-Jacques Robert, with a rueful laugh as he unloaded grapes still warm from his vineyards around Fuisse in Burgundy.
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Salah Abdeslam To Be Held In Isolation In Paris Region Prison: Minister
Top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, who was transferred from Belgium to France on Wednesday, will be held in isolation in a Paris-area prison, French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said.
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Salah Abdeslam To Be Handed Over To France In 90 Days At Most: Minister
French Justice Minister Jean-Jacques Urvoas said Saturday that Belgium will hand over top Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to France in no more than three months.
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Zara Fires French Employees for Barring Woman Wearing Headscarf
Zara fired two employees from a French store today after social media outrage over a woman being denied entry for wearing a Muslim headscarf.
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Zoo Animals in Athens at Risk as Crisis Hits Feed Imports
Curious and noisy, a group of Madagascar lemurs surround Jean-Jacques Lesueur, founder of Attica Park in Athens, unaware that the special biscuits he is handing out to them are running low and they may soon not have enough to eat.
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French Tourist Shot Dead, Wife Injured in Nigeria: Police, Embassy
A French tourist was shot dead and his wife injured in a suspected robbery in southeastern Nigeria, police and the French embassy in Abuja said on Thursday.
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'Ebola Will Return', Warns Veteran Congolese Scientist
Amid a decline in a West African outbreak that has taken more than 11,000 lives, Jean-Jacques Muyembe warns that Ebola will strike again in the future and that the deadly virus poses "a threat to the whole world".
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Belgian lawmakers extend euthanasia to children
Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the country's euthanasia law to children under 18.
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European satellites launched to eye Earth's magnetic field
The European Space Agency on Friday launched three satellites it hopes will help understand why the magnetic field that makes human life possible on Earth appears to be weakening.
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I am proud of my origins: Freida Pinto
Actress Freida Pinto on the true meaning of beauty and why she loves attending the Cannes Film Festival.
