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Fuel Short, Flights Canceled as France's Strikes Intensify

(Oct. 18) -- As France began its second week of nationwide strikes in protest of planned pension reforms, workers blocked oil refineries and depots, and more than 1,000 gas stations reported being out of fuel. The intensifying fuel crisis, which aviation officials said would cut flights into French airports by half on...

France Brings the Fight to al-Qaida, With Mixed Results

(July 28) -- Though France has quietly and inconsistently assisted U.S.-led efforts against al-Qaida, it's only now, after the terrorist group killed a French aid worker, that Paris has declared war on the international Sunni extremist group. "We are at war with al-Qaida," Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Tuesday, a...

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05/27/12 Battle to succeed Sarkozy on French right Source: FT.com A fierce fight to succeed Nicolas Sarkozy as leader of France's mainstream centre-right has burst into the open just as his UMP party is battling to prevent FranÃ§ois Hollande, the new Socialist president, from winning a majority in next month's parliamentary elections.
05/16/12 France's new Prime Minister assumes office Source: PanArmenian.net France's new Prime Minister, a moderate Socialist with an affinity for Germany who will no doubt be quickly pressed into service to tend to the nation's all-important relationship with Berlin, took office Wednesday, May 16.
05/12/12 French Prefer Francois Fillon as UMP Party Head, Poll... Source: Bloomberg.com The French prefer Prime Minister Francois Fillon as a new head of outgoing President Nicolas Sarkozy 's political party, according to an Ifop poll to be published tomorrow in Sud Ouest Dimanche France.
05/11/12 Sarkozy accepts French PM's resignation Source: New Kerala Dot Com Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday accepted the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Francois Fillon.
05/10/12 Sarkozy accepts French gov't resignation Source: Sina Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday declared to accept the resignation of the current government led by Prime Minister Francois Fillon, said a statement from the Elysee Palace.

Background on Francois Fillon

François Charles Armand Fillon (; born 4 March 1954) is a French lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of France from 17 May 2007 to 15 May 2012. He was appointed by President Nicolas Sarkozy on 17 May 2007. As a member of the UMP, Fillon became Jean-Pierre Raffarin's Minister of Labour in 2002 and undertook controversial reforms of the 35-hour working week law and of the French retirement system.

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