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India, France Agree To Intensify Cooperation In Southwest Indian Ocean
India, France have agreed to intensify cooperation in the Southwest Indian Ocean, building on the joint surveillance missions carried out from the French island territory of La Reunion in 2020 and 2022.
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UK Teen Found In France Arrives Back In Britain: Police
Alex Batty, a British teen who went missing six years ago and was found this week in southwest France, has arrived back in the UK, police said Saturday.
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French Woman Killed In 'Shooting Game'
A man in southwest France has been arrested after apparently killing a woman during a drunken game in which she put on a bullet-proof vest and was shot at.
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French Teen Stabs Teacher To Death At School
A teenage pupil stabbed a teacher to death in the middle of a lesson at a school in southwest France on Wednesday, the regional prosecutor said.
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Southwest France Hit By Flooding After Heavy Rains
Rivers overflowed their banks across a large swath of southwest France on Friday after heavy rains lashed the region overnight, leading to evacuations of dozens of residents.
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Police Employee Stabbed To Death At Station Near Paris
A female police employee was stabbed to death by a Tunisian man at a police station southwest of Paris on Friday, the local prosecutor's office and a police source told AFP.
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France Confirms Severe H5N8 Bird Flu Outbreak On Duck Farm
The French farm ministry said on Tuesday that highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu had been found on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, confirming France's first farm outbreak of the virus this year.
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Girl Killed, Several Missing As River Bridge Collapses In France
A 15-year-old girl was killed after a suspension bridge over a river in southwest France collapsed on Monday, causing a car, a truck and possibly a third vehicle to plunge into the water, local authorities said.
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Beaches In France Closed After 1,000 Kg Of Cocaine Washes Up Along Coast
Authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine continue to mysteriously wash up along the country's Atlantic coast, with more than 1,000 kilograms discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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84-Year-Old Tries To Burn Down French Mosque, Shoots 2 Who Surprised Him
An 84-year-old man shot and seriously wounded two other men in their 70s when they surprised him trying to burn a mosque in Bayonne in southwest France, police said.
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French Supermarket Hostage-Taking: 3 Killed, All Hostages Freed: Highlights
A policeman was shot and a man took hostages at a supermarket in two separate incidents in the same area of southwest France on Friday, security sources said. The policeman was shot in the town of Carcassonne, while a gunman fired shots during a hostage-taking Friday morning at a supermarket in the town of Trebes 15 minutes' drive away.
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Two Crew Feared Dead In Japan Army Helicopter Crash
Two crew were feared dead Monday after a Japanese military helicopter crashed in a residential area in the southwest of the country, setting a home on fire.
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Japan Army Helicopter Crashes In Residential Area: Official
A Japanese military helicopter crashed Monday in a residential area in the southwest of the country, setting at least one home on fire, local officials said.
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Ducks Gassed in Thousands as France Fights Bird Flu Virus
Workers wearing masks and protective clothes gassed thousands of ducks in southwest France on Friday, in a massive cull that was ordered in an attempt to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus.
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94-Year-Old French Man Killed By Aggressive Sheep
A 94-year-old man was knocked down and killed by a rampaging sheep in southwest France, police said on Tuesday.
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India, France Agree To Intensify Cooperation In Southwest Indian Ocean
India, France have agreed to intensify cooperation in the Southwest Indian Ocean, building on the joint surveillance missions carried out from the French island territory of La Reunion in 2020 and 2022.
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UK Teen Found In France Arrives Back In Britain: Police
Alex Batty, a British teen who went missing six years ago and was found this week in southwest France, has arrived back in the UK, police said Saturday.
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French Woman Killed In 'Shooting Game'
A man in southwest France has been arrested after apparently killing a woman during a drunken game in which she put on a bullet-proof vest and was shot at.
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French Teen Stabs Teacher To Death At School
A teenage pupil stabbed a teacher to death in the middle of a lesson at a school in southwest France on Wednesday, the regional prosecutor said.
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Southwest France Hit By Flooding After Heavy Rains
Rivers overflowed their banks across a large swath of southwest France on Friday after heavy rains lashed the region overnight, leading to evacuations of dozens of residents.
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Police Employee Stabbed To Death At Station Near Paris
A female police employee was stabbed to death by a Tunisian man at a police station southwest of Paris on Friday, the local prosecutor's office and a police source told AFP.
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France Confirms Severe H5N8 Bird Flu Outbreak On Duck Farm
The French farm ministry said on Tuesday that highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu had been found on a duck farm in the southwest of the country, confirming France's first farm outbreak of the virus this year.
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Girl Killed, Several Missing As River Bridge Collapses In France
A 15-year-old girl was killed after a suspension bridge over a river in southwest France collapsed on Monday, causing a car, a truck and possibly a third vehicle to plunge into the water, local authorities said.
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Beaches In France Closed After 1,000 Kg Of Cocaine Washes Up Along Coast
Authorities have closed beaches in southwest France as packages of cocaine continue to mysteriously wash up along the country's Atlantic coast, with more than 1,000 kilograms discovered since mid-October, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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84-Year-Old Tries To Burn Down French Mosque, Shoots 2 Who Surprised Him
An 84-year-old man shot and seriously wounded two other men in their 70s when they surprised him trying to burn a mosque in Bayonne in southwest France, police said.
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French Supermarket Hostage-Taking: 3 Killed, All Hostages Freed: Highlights
A policeman was shot and a man took hostages at a supermarket in two separate incidents in the same area of southwest France on Friday, security sources said. The policeman was shot in the town of Carcassonne, while a gunman fired shots during a hostage-taking Friday morning at a supermarket in the town of Trebes 15 minutes' drive away.
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Two Crew Feared Dead In Japan Army Helicopter Crash
Two crew were feared dead Monday after a Japanese military helicopter crashed in a residential area in the southwest of the country, setting a home on fire.
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Japan Army Helicopter Crashes In Residential Area: Official
A Japanese military helicopter crashed Monday in a residential area in the southwest of the country, setting at least one home on fire, local officials said.
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Ducks Gassed in Thousands as France Fights Bird Flu Virus
Workers wearing masks and protective clothes gassed thousands of ducks in southwest France on Friday, in a massive cull that was ordered in an attempt to prevent a spread of the H5N8 bird flu virus.
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94-Year-Old French Man Killed By Aggressive Sheep
A 94-year-old man was knocked down and killed by a rampaging sheep in southwest France, police said on Tuesday.
