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Villepin sees unions, refuses to withdraw jobs plan
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AFP - Talks between French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin and trade unions ended in deadlock after Villepin refused to withdraw his contested youth jobs contract.
French PM to see unions in bid to defuse jobs law crisis
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AFP - French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin was to meet leaders of the main trade unions in a bid to defuse a crisis that the day before sparked more violent protests against the government's youth labour law.
More violence in Paris as talks planned on jobs law
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AFP - Violence erupted again during a protest march in central Paris against the French government's youth jobs programme, even as the embattled Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin gave ground by offering open-agenda talks with trade unions and student groups.
Paris job law rally turns violent
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Reuters - Rampaging French youths set fire to cars and looted shops in Paris on Thursday, marring protests against a youth jobs law that Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, in a conciliatory move, agreed to discuss with unions.
France's Headstrong PM in the Spotlight
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AP - Dominique de Villepin has been a man in a hurry since he became prime minister last spring. Critics blame the debonair statesman's haste and determination for the nationwide uproar over a new labor law — unrest that may hand his chief rival the boost he needs ahead of next year's presidential vote.
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French tensions at fever-pitch ahead of new day of youth jobs protests
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AFP - Tensions were at fever-pitch in France ahead of a new day of protests against Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's contested youth labour law, amid growing fears that violence could reignite in the city suburbs hit by last November's riots.
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French tensions at fever-pitch ahead of new day of youth jobs protests
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AFP - Tensions were at fever-pitch in France ahead of a new day of protests against Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's contested youth labour law, amid growing fears that violence could reignite in the city suburbs hit by last November's riots.
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France's Sarkozy signals differences over jobs law
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Reuters - France's powerful interior minister distanced himself from Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over a job law on Wednesday but ruled out quitting, in a clear sign of a deep split within the ruling right.
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French PM May Consider Jobs Law Changes
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AP - France's prime minister, his popularity plummeting amid weeks of protest over a contentious labor law, indicated Tuesday he could consider some changes to what he called a "well-crafted" measure. The country's largest student union scorned his effort as "ridiculous."
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One third of French say they are racist
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Reuters - One third of French people say they are racist, a French human rights watchdog said on Tuesday, after a survey that showed an increase from last year in the number of people who acknowledged being racist.
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'We're Not Disposable,' French Youths Say
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AP - When student demonstrators in France wear trash bags to protests, their message is: "We're not disposable." They're angry about a new government job plan that will allow employers to fire them more easily.
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French right looks to PM for way out of crisis
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Reuters - Protesters took to France's streets again on Tuesday and threatened a national strike as the government sought a way out of the crisis over a new law giving employers more leeway to dismiss young workers.
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French govt holds firm on job law despite ultimatum
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Reuters - French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin went on the offensive over a contested youth job law on Monday, meeting employers and students to defend a contract that unions have warned him to withdraw or face strikes.
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French PM refuses to back down on youth jobs plan
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AFP - French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin refused to back down from his contested youth jobs plan, despite a growing movement of student opposition and the looming threat of a general strike.
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French Prime Minister: Jobs Law to Stand
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AP - French unions threatened a one-day general strike and socialists warned Sunday that protests would increase unless the government rescinds a law weakening job protections for young people. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said the measure will stand.
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Mass protests take place in France over job law
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AFP - Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of French cities, as a trial of strength with Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over a contested youth labor law headed towards a climax.
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WADA criticizes World Baseball Classic over doping
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Reuters - The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) criticized Major League Baseball on Thursday, saying he had serious concerns about the drug-testing being implemented during the World Baseball Classic.
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Violence erupts in French student protests
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Reuters - French police used teargas when violence erupted as students turned up the heat on Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over a jobs law on Thursday, while his government struggled to defuse the crisis.
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Chirac Calls for Dialogue Amid Protests
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AP - President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday sought to calm violent student protests over the government's youth jobs plan, urging new dialogue between ministers and labor leaders.
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Chirac rallies to PM as French jobs protests grow
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AFP - President Jacques Chirac of France rallied behind his embattled prime minister Dominique de Villepin, as protests continued to build against the government's contested youth jobs programme.
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Chirac backs Villepin on maligned French youth jobs contract
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AFP - French President Jacques Chirac defended Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin over the government's new youth jobs contract which has sparked a wave of student protests.
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Riot police use teargas on protesters at Paris college
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AFP - Riot police in Paris used tear gas to disperse students protesting at a new youth jobs contract, after Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin refused to give way to a growing opposition movement.
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Students raise pressure on French PM
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Reuters - French students prepared to step up protests on Tuesday against a job reform championed by conservative Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, whose authority has been hit by popular discontent over the measure.
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French, Spanish PMs defend energy policies
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AFP - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and French counterpart Dominique de Villepin defended their European energy policies despite fierce EU criticism of perceived protectionism.
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Students, unions demand French PM scrap jobs plan
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Reuters - French students and unions vowed on Monday to press on with mass protests over a youth labor law, rejecting Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin's offer of talks and demanding he abandon the measure.
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