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CLEAN : In rural France, Durtal, its castle, its 3,400 inhabitants and its record abstention
In Durtal, a town of 3,400 inhabitants near Angers in Maine-et-Loire, abstention rate is at an all-time high (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : France's far-right puts forward 569 candidates to counter Macron, Melenchon
France's National Rally (Rassemblement National/RN, Eds.) is putting forward 569 candidates, "pure products of the local establishment", to oppose "social destruction", "retirement at 65" and "migratory submersion", announces its...
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CLEAN : Morocco NGO presents report on attempted migrant crossing to Melilla
The attempted mass entry of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Melilla was "a violent attempt", but security forces that repelled it were "even more violent", says Omar Naji, in charge of the migrants' file at the Moroccan Association...
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CLEAN : Ice lollies and fans for Sainte-Croix wildlife park's residents as France braces for more heat
It's a rather special snack for the animals in the Sainte-Croix wildlife park in Moselle, north-eastern France, in the middle of a heat wave: fruit ice lollies, hung on ropes for the lemurs (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French animal protection centres filling up, pet abandonment rising
"We couldn't take in everyone last week because we didn't have enough room," says Aurélie Ithurbide, team leader at the Orgeval SPA (The Society for the Protection of Animals, Eds.) in northern France. With some 100 cats and 80 dogs, the...
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CLEAN : Philippe Starck, back to the future of an "extraterrestrial" design
Philippe Starck, an ultra-prolific visionary designer, says he has no memory of the 1980s, when he became an international star of design and architecture, while evoking a "multidirectional adventure (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Lawyer brands January 2015 attacks in France "ideological crimes"
"These crimes are political, they are ideological, they are not crimes committed by barbarians," said lawyer Richard Malka on the first day of the appeal trial of the January 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris (Footage by AFPTV via Getty...
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CLEAN : Macron is a 'defender' of illegal immigration, says France's Le Pen
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen says that Emmanuel Macron is the 'defender' of "mass and illegal immigration" following the decision by the French President to welcome 230 migrants evacuated by the humanitarian ship Ocean...
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CLEAN : "Imperialist logics are back," says French Foreign Minister
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna speaks of the return of "imperialist logics" and "the perpetration of acts of violence and war crimes on a scale unprecedented in Europe since the clashes that destroyed the former Yugoslavia" in...
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CLEAN : French ready-to-wear Celio buys Camaieu brand at auction for €1.8 million
What we are buying today is just the name. It's this history, this DNA that has existed for forty years," the men's ready-to-wear brand Celio bought the Camaieu brand for 1.8 million euros at an auction near Lille in northern France...
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CLEAN : In Chad, 80 minors arrested in demonstrations, are granted provisional release
Eighty young people arrested during a bloody demonstration in Chad in October are released on bail after a month and a half in a high-security prison in the middle of the desert (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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4 French journalists held captive for 10 months in Syria return home after their release
Four French journalists kidnapped and held for 10 months in Syria returned home to France on Sunday.
Edouard Elias, Didier Francois, Nicolas Henin and Pierre Torres - all said to be in good health - were freed over the weekend in...
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Nun tells of healing after praying to John Paul II
1. Wide of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre with a portrait of Pope John Paul II, surrounded by media
2. Close of Simon-Pierre with portrait
3. Wide of Simon-Pierre arriving at press conference
4. Mid of Simon-Pierre smiling
5. Close-up of...
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Same sex couple "honoured" to be first in France to be married under new law
1. Pan from reporters to news conference of Vincent Autin (left) and Bruno Boileau (right) who will become France's first gay married couple on Wednesday
2. Close of Vincent Autin (left) and Bruno Boileau (right)
3. Wide of news...
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Briefing by Council of Europe investigator on CIA flights report
1. Swiss senator Dick Marty entering Council of Europe press briefing
2. Cutaway of press
3. Mid shot of Marty at the desk
4. SOUNDBITE (French): Senator Dick Marty, Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and Swiss...
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France - Oldest Shoemaker
The French suburb of Belleville was traditionally the home of
the ``atelier', the small workplace of the craftsman. Over the
years, small shops have been bought out by supermarkets, and
the old craftsmen and women have moved on or died...
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President Sarkozy's New Year address
1. Pan Elysee Palace with audio of France's National Anthem, La Marseillese
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Nicolas Sarkozy, French President
"My compatriots, on this Dec 31st in our country it's with gratitude for the trust you put in me and...
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SYND 24 9 80 KING HASSAN PRESS CONEFERNCE ON THE IRAN / IRAQ CONFLICT
King Hassan II of Morocco held press conference at the end of the Islamic Foreign Ministers Conference and talked about the present conflict between Iran and Iraq
1. ms King Hassan II of Morocco, at desk, SOUNDBITE: (French), delivers...
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SYND 2-7-70 THE THIRD PRESS CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENT POMPIDOU SINCE BECOMING HEAD OF STATE
French President Georges Pompidou talks about the Indochina war and the Middle East in his third press conference since taking the presidency.
SOUNDBITE: French
1. MS of Pompidou on the appointment of David Bruce to the Paris...
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Rally in support of French journalists kidnapped in Iraq
1. Wide shot screen with portrait of Florence Aubenas with Eiffel Tower in background
2. Mid shot Place de la Concorde with people gathering
3. Florence's father, Benoit Aubenas (grey hair) and Serge July (on right of the screen) talking...
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Prosecutor: police find woman's body at gunman's home; memorial
1. Various of people laying flowers at bus stop where attack happened
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Daniele Reynders, Liege Prosecutor
"There are 125 victims, one died directly at the scene, and 124 went to different hospitals. Between the...
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Former Formula One driver Streiff says doctor told him Schumacher 'not in danger'
Michael Schumacher's life is 'not in danger any more' according to a family friend and surgeon who is part of the team assisting the Formula One great in a hospital in Grenoble.
Schumacher has been in a medically induced coma since...
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SYND 30 3 73 PRESS STATEMENTS BY DELEGATES AT PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM
Vietnam peace talks delegates, Nguyen Van Hieu and Nguyen Luu Vien, speak to the press.
1. SOUNDBITE (French): mcu Hieu to press2. SOUNDBITE (French): mcu Vien speakingFilm: Pos - Sound: MAG SOF - Colour - NYFilm: c0033396 - LN Number:...
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Free diver faces his fears and swims with the sharks at aquarium
1. Various of free diver Pierre Frolla diving with sharks in large aquarium
2. Spectators watching through glass side of aquarium
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Olivier Beautier, spectator:
"I practice diving, but... it would be difficult to me...