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Construction workers broke through the last wall of rock to join the two segments of the Channel Tunnel were drilled through and fused Britain to France.
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French wine makers had a tough year due to vines being damaged by frost, hail, and mildew.
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Flooding killed 32 people and left an estimated 20 people missing after the flash floods.
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French police rescued child hostages in Besancon, France.
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The President of France and Queen opened the Channel.
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France's president Mitterrand died from prostate cancer.
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Angry truckers blockaded French ports.
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The former French cabinet minister Maurice Papon was sentenced 10 years in jail for deporting Jews from France during World War II.
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France went under a total solar eclipse.
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Concord crashed minutes after taking off and killed everyone on board.
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The former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas was jailed for six months in a huge sleaze scandal.
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Celebrations as euro hits the streets.
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The Treaty of Accession is signed in Athens.
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Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia joined the European Union (EU).
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A Jewish man by the name of Mr. Halimi, died Feb. 13, just moments after he was found by a train station 15 miles away from the crime scene by people passing by.
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France successfully beat New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup with a score or 18-20.
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France’s first woman to go to space was sent to the hospital after a suicide attempt.
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2009 was a hard year on the Hard Discount sector, regardless of the downturn and the uplift given by the economic modernization law in France, was found falling farther behind.
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During August 10, France started digging for nuclear waste about ½ km below Wheat fields
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75 bodies were recovered from The Air France after two years of investigation.
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300,000 party members of Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party were asked to elect a new leader, the party's first step to rebuilding itself after presidential election defeat earlier that year.
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Geraint Thomas vowed to battle during the tour de France even with his fractured pelvis.
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The French government announced that they were banning the cheap Ubber services for the New Year.
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Gunmen shot 12 people at the Paris office of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in an Islamist attack.
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Police began patrolling the streets of Paris, France due to November’s attacks.
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Marine Le Pen announced the end of free education for all illegal immigrants.