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CLEAN : Catholic Church in Belgium recognises victims of sexual abuse

9th - Higher Ed
The Catholic Church in Belgium holds a special day recognising the victims of sexual abuse within the church nearly seven years after a paedophilia scandal rocked the institution
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CLEAN : French voters disappointed undecided days before vote

9th - Higher Ed
French far right leader Marine Le Pen is too extreme but centrist Emmanuel Macron is too young
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CLEAN : Cannes to open amid security that's never been this high

9th - Higher Ed
The Cannes film festival will kick off its 70th edition on Wednesday amidst security that has never been this high
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Le Pen turns focus to upcoming legislative elections

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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she would call for a new political force as legislative elections loom in June.Le Pen received 35 percent of the votes cast for a candidate, according to polling agency projections,...
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Notre Dame suspect faces attempted murder charge

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The chief prosecutor in Paris says the hammer-wielding man who attacked police officers patrolling in front of Notre Dame Cathedral is being charged with attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise.Francois Molins says the...
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Carles Puigdemont holds a press conference as the Spanish government considers charging Catalan leaders over their role in independence referendum

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CLEAN: Interior shots of members of the dissolved Catalan regional government, Dolors Borras, Joaquim Forn and Carles Puigdemont, speaking during a news conference on October 31, 2017 in Brussels, Belgium.
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CLEAN : French journalist brings fourth sexual abuse stories on Twitter

9th - Higher Ed
Following the Harvey Weinstein scandal the top trending hashtag in France balancetonporc (Rat out your pig) started by journalist Sandra Muller has brought forth stories from women of being sexually harassed at work or in the streets
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CLEAN : Lactalis says cooperating with authorities in baby milk recall

9th - Higher Ed
France is dealing with what it calls a major dysfunction in a recall of baby milk after stores sold potentially contaminated products despite being told to take them off their shelves
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French ex-eco minister: I should be judged by acts

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The outgoing French Ecology Minister Francois de Rugy said on Wednesday that his years of dedication to improving the environment should not be erased by the alleged lavish lifestyle.
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CLEAN : French cardinal contests guilt over failure to denounce sex abuse

9th - Higher Ed
There was no offence committed because it was never intended to be committed (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Finances of Frances far right under scrutiny in court

9th - Higher Ed
Seven members of France's far right National Front party (now known as the National Rally) have appeared before the Paris Criminal Court for complicity in fraud with party leaders (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Girlfriend of Manuel T yellow vest protester says partner has lost use of left eye

9th - Higher Ed
Severine Domer claims her 41 year old partner Manuel T. who was injured last weekend while demonstrating with other yellow vest protesters at the Place d'Italie in Paris has lost the use of his left eye after being struck by a projectile...
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CLEAN : Cameroon: Opposition leader Maurice Kamto stands firm on election boycott

9th - Higher Ed
The first legislative and municipal elections in Cameroon in seven years scheduled for February 9 will take place in a tense context with jihadist attacks in the North and a deadly separatist conflict in the West (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : Cameroon: Opposition leader Maurice Kamto firm on election boycott

9th - Higher Ed
Cameroon's first legislative and municipal elections in seven years scheduled for 9 February will take place against a tense backdrop of jihadist attacks in the north and a deadly pro independence conflict in the west (Footage by AFPTV...
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CLEAN : CAR's Bozize says nothing prevents him from contesting polls

9th - Higher Ed
Francois Bozize a former president of the Central African Republic who is under UN sanctions over the country's long running conflict says he could contest presidential elections in December (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Sexual abuse in sport: Former professional horse rider breaks her silence

9th - Higher Ed
I want to push the federation to act says ex-horse rider Amelie Queguiner as she breaks her silence on the years of sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her supervisors in the 80s (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: without schoolchildren or tourists French coach operator at a standstill

9th - Higher Ed
With schools closed, tourists absent and massive trip cancellations due to the coronavirus coach operator Grisel in northern France is resorting to partial unemployment for 90% of its employees a measure which is partly financed by the...
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CLEAN : French PM calls for blanket "vigilance" to stop spread of Covid-19

9th - Higher Ed
"The virus is not on holiday and neither are we": on a visit to Roubaix in northern France - where masks must now be worn in certain "open public places" as elsewhere in the country - French Prime Minister Jean Castex calls on the French...
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CLEAN : France "will never abandon" Lebanon: Macron

9th - Higher Ed
"France will never abandon Lebanon": French President Emmanuel Macron, visiting Beirut after deadly explosions, offers his and France's solidarity to Lebanon (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Athletics: Papa Massata Diack, sued for corruption in France, claims innocence in Dakar

9th - Higher Ed
Papa Massata Diack, son of the former head of the International Athetics Federation (IAAF) Lamine Diack, holds a press conference for the foreign press in Dakar to comment on the corruption trial currently underway in France, for which...
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CLEAN : Cartoon cat helps keep Tunisia's revolutionary flame alight

9th - Higher Ed
When Tunisia's embattled dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali delivered a last-ditch speech promising new freedoms to a country in revolt, Nadia Khiari sketched her cat delivering the same address to a group of mice (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : In the southwestern French village of Marmande, residents are "distraught" by the scale of flooding

9th - Higher Ed
"Many houses remain inaccessible," explained the mayor of Marmande, who is waiting for flooding in the Garonne area to be classified as a natural disaster (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : French students boost morale with countryside getaway to Anjou

9th - Higher Ed
Students from Anjou in northwest France enjoy a countryside break, thanks to professional holiday hosts offering up their accomodation for stays and much needed human connection (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Paris: several thousand protesters demand 'justice for Sarah Halimi'

9th - Higher Ed
Several thousand protesters gather in Paris to denounce a court's refusal of a trial for the man who killed Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old Jewish woman, after experts determined he acted in a "delirious fit" due to heavy marijuana use...