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Saboteurs hit French railways hours before Olympic ceremony, heightening security concerns

Paris, France Reuters Saboteurs struck France’s TGV high-speed train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks that caused chaos on the country’s busiest rail lines and heightened security concerns ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony in Paris later on Friday. The coordinated sabotage took place as France mounted a massive security operation involving tens […]

France faces coalition puzzle after left-wing surge in election

Paris, France Reuters The French left said it wanted to run the government but conceded on Monday that talks would be tough and take time, after Sunday’s election thwarted the far right’s quest for power but delivered a hung parliament. Many of France’s allies breathed a sigh of relief after Marine Le Pen’s National Rally […]

Hundreds more French police start deploying to secure New Caledonia

Sydney, Australia/Paris, France Reuters French police reinforcements began arriving in New Caledonia on Friday in a massive push to regain control of the capital, the top French official in the Pacific island territory said, after rioting in which four people were killed and hundreds arrested. After three nights of upheaval, Thursday night was relatively quiet […]

France sends more police to New Caledonia to try to restore calm

Sydney, Australia/Paris, France Reuters The French Government sent more police to the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Thursday and said it would crack down on rioters, hoping to restore order after three nights of upheaval in which four people have been killed. Rioters angry with an electoral reform have burnt businesses, torched cars, looted […]

Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency

Sydney, Australia/Paris, France Reuters France declared a state of emergency on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Wednesday after three young Indigenous Kanak and a police official were killed in riots over electoral reform. The state of emergency, which entered into force at 5am local time, gives authorities additional powers to ban gatherings and […]