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CLEAN : French parliamentary vote: The Republicans party sees itself as "an opposition that counts"
"It could be an advantage for the country to have an opposition that counts", says The Republicans (LR) party leader, Christian Jacob, in front of party headquarters, the day after the first round of France's parliamentary election...
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CLEAN : Mixed reactions in Niger to the end of France's Operation Barkhane
In Niamey, the Nigerien capital, reactions are mixed after the official announcement of the end of the operation of the French anti-jihadist Barkhane force, part of which has redeployed to Niger after leaving neighbouring Mali (Footage...
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VOICED : French water protesters demand 'to be heard by the prime minister'
Next time, if we're forced to come here," warns Jean-Jacques Guillet, spokesperson for environmental group "Bassines Non Merci", "there will be 20,000 of us, maybe more (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : WRAP: the trial of French anesthesiologist Frédéric Péchier
A look back at the trial of French anesthesiologist Frederic Péchier, prosecuted for 24 alleged poisonings of patients, nine of whom died, as the Besançon prosecutor holds a press conference to address new findings (Footage by AFPTV via...
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CLEAN : Mali celebrates the 62nd anniversary of its independence
Mali celebrates the 62nd anniversary of its independence in the presence of the head of the Guinean junta, Mamady Doumbouya, who made his first trip abroad since taking power (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Kigali welcomes UK judges ruling Rwanda deportation plan lawful
A Rwandan government spokesperson welcomes the British courts giving the green light to the deportation of migrants, who have arrived illegally in the United Kingdom, to Rwanda (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Ministers attend economic council to discuss next EU budget
1. Exterior Council of the European Union
2. Hans Lindblad, Swedish Secretary of State at Finance Ministry getting out of car
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hans Lindblad, Swedish Secretary of State at Finance Ministry:
"My mission here...
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Economy at heart of confidence vote for French PM
France's Prime Minister Manuel Valls faces a confidence vote in a parliament increasingly frustrated with unpopular President Francois Hollande's handling of the economy - including dissidents within his Socialist Party.
The Socialists...
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Reaction by students' leader to Chirac address
1. Various shots of Bruno Julliard, head of France's main student association, UNEF, watching Chirac's TV address and taking notes
2. Wide shot Julliard talking to journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Bruno Julliard, head of France's main...
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Arrivals at pimping trial for former IMF chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in court on Monday to face sex charges in France, the nation in which he was once considered a top presidential contender.
The former head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose career nose-dived...
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French president addresses crowd at Bastille Day celebrations
1. Establisher Chirac
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Jacques Chirac, French President:
Q: Is it better to have a troubled Iraq than an Iraq with Saddam Hussein?
"I don't think that is the way to look at the problem. I think that today, and we...
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Reporters Without Borders presser on French journos held in Niger
1. Mid shot of still photos of detained journalists Thomas Dandois and Pierre Creisson
2. Pan of photos of Dandois and Creisson
3. Pan of news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Robert Menard, Secretary General of Reporters Without...
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Russia - Chirac addresses presser
French nuclear missiles are no longer targeting Russia, French President Jacques Chirac told his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin in Moscow on Friday (26/09) on the second day of his state visit to Russia. The announcement on the aim of...
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Excerpts of presser by Merkel and Sarkozy
1. Wide of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arriving at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (German) Angela Merkel, German Chancellor:
"I think there are definitely chances for us to move forward here in...
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Villepin launches political movement seen as alternative to Sarkozy
1. Dominique de Villepin arriving on stage, initially seen on big screen TV
2. De Villepin arriving on stage shaking hands with supporters
3. Various of audience applauding, chanting
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Dominique de Villepin, Former...
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Prosecutor says three Frenchmen held last week had been planning militant attacks
1. Wide pan from journalists to prosecutor
2. SOUNDBITE (French) Francois Molins, Paris prosecutor:
"Unfortunately we have no choice but to note that there are still, in France and beyond our frontiers, some people whose only intention...
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France - Kinkel And De Charette Discuss Meeting
German Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel, met his French counterpart,
Herve de Charette in Paris on Monday to discuss a number of
issues, including European Monetary Union, defence and candidacy
for the vacant post of NATO...
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Ex-premier Villepin forms party to challenge Sarkozy
1. Wide of former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin entering news conference
2. Close of Villepin
3. Wide of Villepin and journalists
4. Man taking picture with mobile phone
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Dominique de Villepin,...
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Algerian-born physicist jailed for planning militant attacks
1. Various of tribunal building exterior
2. Wide of journalists outside courtroom where sentence on Adlene Hicheur was passed
3. SOUNDBITE (French) Patrick Baudouin, lawyer for Adlene Hicheur:
"This is the logical outcome of the...
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Interview with international lawyer of the Bulgarian nurses
1. Set up shot of Emmanuel Altit, Bulgarian nurses' lawyer in studio
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Emmanuel Altit, Bulgarian nurses' lawyer:
"Physically, psychologically, they're all in a terrible, terrible state, they couldn't have handled...
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FRANCE: JOSPIN ON FUEL DEPOTS BLOCKADE
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French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin refused to negotiate further with French truckers angry about soaring fuel costs, urging them to end a three-day blockade of fuel depots that has forced aeroplanes to cancel flights and...
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French FM gives presser
1. Pan over briefing
2. SOUNDBITE: (French) Dominique De Villepin, French Foreign Minister:
"So there are certain states that think that today it is important to have a second resolution. We think for our part it is not necessary, we...
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French stock market regains some ground
1. Exterior Richelieu Finances
2. Close up sign "Richelieu Finances"
3. Various traders and computers screens in trading room
4. Close up graphic on computers representing the CAC 40 today
5. SOUNDBITE: (French) Nathalie Pelras,...
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France - Presidential Candidates Campaign
As the three leading French presidential candidates step up their
campaign in the last days before the election, they have all
identified women and young people as the focus of their strategy.
Judging by the speeches made by the three...