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October 2005
- French troops end island blockade
- 5th other top story (1/10/2005, 14:40 – 15:55)
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- French strike disrupts transport
- 4th other top story (4/10/2005, 08:55 – 09:30)
- 5th other top story (4/10/2005, 09:30 – 10:30)
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- French crack baby-smuggling ring
- 3rd other top story (19/10/2005, 10:15 – 10:30)
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November 2005
- French police sent to riot towns
- 4th other top story (4/11/2005, 00:00 – 01:50)
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- French riots spread beyond Paris
- 1st other top story (4/11/2005, 08:30 – 08:50)
- Right subheadline (4/11/2005, 08:50 – 11:35)
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 11:35 – 12:00)
- Right subheadline (4/11/2005, 12:00 – 15:20)
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 15:20 – 16:35)
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- French riots 'need time to solve'
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 16:35 – 21:05)
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- French PM opens dialogue on riots
- Left subheadline (4/11/2005, 21:05 – 8/11/2005, 00:00)
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- French plan curfews to stop riots
- Left subheadline (8/11/2005, 00:00 – 02:15)
- 3rd other top story (8/11/2005, 02:15 – 02:30)
- 4th other top story (8/11/2005, 02:30 – 03:40)
- 5th other top story (8/11/2005, 03:40 – 05:15)
- 6th other top story (8/11/2005, 05:15 – 05:35)
- 5th other top story (8/11/2005, 05:35 – 06:55)
- 1st other top story (8/11/2005, 06:55 – 07:10)
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 07:10 – 07:15)
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- Curfew plan to end French riots
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 07:15 – 08:40)
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- New riots amid French curfew plan
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 08:40 – 10:25)
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- Curfews to tackle French unrest
- Main headline (8/11/2005, 11:00 – 13:10)
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 13:10 – 13:35)
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- New powers to tackle French riots
- Right subheadline (8/11/2005, 13:35 – 17:30)
- 2nd other top story (8/11/2005, 17:30 – 21:10)
- Main headline (8/11/2005, 21:10 – 23:35)
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- French riot police impose curfews
- Main headline (8/11/2005, 23:35 – 9/11/2005, 01:30)
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- French riot police enforce curfew
- Main headline (9/11/2005, 01:30 – 04:15)
- 2nd other top story (9/11/2005, 04:15 – 04:50)
- Left subheadline (9/11/2005, 04:50 – 06:05)
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- French riots defy emergency plan
- Left subheadline (9/11/2005, 06:05 – 11:25)
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- French towns get emergency powers
- Left subheadline (9/11/2005, 11:25 – 15:50)
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- French emergency powers spread
- 1st other top story (9/11/2005, 15:50 – 17:05)
- 2nd other top story (9/11/2005, 17:05 – 18:40)
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- Curfew for riot-hit French towns
- 2nd other top story (10/11/2005, 01:45 – 03:35)
- 5th other top story (10/11/2005, 03:35 – 04:20)
- 6th other top story (10/11/2005, 04:20 – 04:55)
- 7th other top story (10/11/2005, 04:55 – 07:40)
- 6th other top story (10/11/2005, 07:40 – 07:45)
- 2nd other top story (10/11/2005, 07:45 – 10:40)
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- Riot erupts in French city centre
- Left subheadline (12/11/2005, 17:45 – 17:50)
- Main headline (12/11/2005, 17:50 – 18:20)
- Left subheadline (12/11/2005, 18:20 – 18:35)
- Main headline (12/11/2005, 18:35 – 13/11/2005, 03:20)
- Left subheadline (13/11/2005, 03:20 – 06:25)
- 3rd other top story (13/11/2005, 06:25 – 08:00)
- 2nd other top story (13/11/2005, 08:00 – 10:25)
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- Curfew fails to stop French riot
- 1st other top story (13/11/2005, 10:25 – 11:30)
- 3rd other top story (13/11/2005, 11:30 – 16:55)
- 4th other top story (13/11/2005, 16:55 – 17:25)
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- French MPs extend emergency
- 1st other top story (15/11/2005, 20:20 – 20:50)
- 2nd other top story (15/11/2005, 20:50 – 16/11/2005, 02:45)
- 3rd other top story (16/11/2005, 02:45 – 04:10)
- 5th other top story (16/11/2005, 04:10 – 04:50)
- 4th other top story (16/11/2005, 04:50 – 05:40)
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December 2005
- Six cleared over French child sex
- 1st other top story (1/12/2005, 21:10 – 2/12/2005, 00:55)
- 2nd other top story (2/12/2005, 00:55 – 02:10)
- 6th other top story (2/12/2005, 02:10 – 02:50)
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- French engineer 'seized in Iraq'
- 2nd other top story (5/12/2005, 09:45 – 09:55)
- 3rd other top story (5/12/2005, 09:55 – 11:35)
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January 2006
- French hostage released in Iraq
- 3rd other top story (8/1/2006, 10:55 – 12:45)
- 4th other top story (8/1/2006, 12:45 – 13:05)
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- French troops to fight mosquitoes
- 4th other top story (29/1/2006, 03:55 – 05:15)
- 5th other top story (29/1/2006, 05:15 – 06:40)
- 6th other top story (29/1/2006, 06:40 – 11:05)
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February 2006
- French editor fired over cartoons
- Right subheadline (2/2/2006, 11:20 – 11:35)
- 1st other top story (2/2/2006, 11:35 – 12:20)
- Left subheadline (2/2/2006, 12:20 – 14:40)
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- French bird flu sparks UK worries
- 3rd other top story (18/2/2006, 08:00 – 11:15)
- 4th other top story (18/2/2006, 11:15 – 12:05)
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- French duck is 'likely' flu case
- 3rd other top story (18/2/2006, 12:05 – 12:20)
- 4th other top story (18/2/2006, 12:20 – 14:25)
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- French bird flu results awaited
- 4th other top story (18/2/2006, 14:25 – 15:35)
- 1st other top story (18/2/2006, 15:35 – 20:30)
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March 2006
- French students 'taken hostage'
- Right subheadline (9/3/2006, 15:45 – 16:05)
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- Ex-teacher in French school siege
- Right subheadline (9/3/2006, 16:05 – 16:10)
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- Ex-teacher seizes French students
- Main headline (9/3/2006, 16:10 – 17:55)
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- French tennis drug father jailed
- 1st other top story (9/3/2006, 17:40 – 10/3/2006, 00:20)
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- Ex-teacher seizes French students
- Main headline (9/3/2006, 17:55 – 19:35)
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- French hostage-taker surrenders
- Main headline (9/3/2006, 19:35 – 10/3/2006, 00:20)
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- French tennis drug father jailed
- 2nd other top story (10/3/2006, 00:20 – 02:20)
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- French hostage-taker surrenders
- Left subheadline (10/3/2006, 00:20 – 00:50)
- Right subheadline (10/3/2006, 00:50 – 02:20)
- 1st other top story (10/3/2006, 02:20 – 04:55)
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- French tennis drug father jailed
- 4th other top story (10/3/2006, 02:20 – 04:55)
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- French hostage-taker surrenders
- 2nd other top story (10/3/2006, 04:55 – 05:40)
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- Million urged for French protest
- 5th other top story (18/3/2006, 05:10 – 05:15)
- 3rd other top story (18/3/2006, 05:15 – 09:20)
- 4th other top story (18/3/2006, 09:20 – 13:20)
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- Job protests grip French cities
- 4th other top story (18/3/2006, 15:25 – 15:40)
- Left subheadline (18/3/2006, 15:40 – 19/3/2006, 02:05)
- 3rd other top story (19/3/2006, 02:05 – 03:45)
- 4th other top story (19/3/2006, 03:45 – 04:30)
- 5th other top story (19/3/2006, 04:30 – 05:40)
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- Riots erupt after French protests
- Left subheadline (19/3/2006, 05:40 – 07:50)
- 1st other top story (19/3/2006, 07:50 – 11:10)
- 2nd other top story (19/3/2006, 11:10 – 11:25)
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- French PM stands firm on job law
- 3rd other top story (20/3/2006, 04:50 – 05:30)
- 4th other top story (20/3/2006, 05:30 – 07:50)
- 5th other top story (20/3/2006, 07:50 – 08:05)
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- Fresh violence at French protest
- Right subheadline (23/3/2006, 18:40 – 18:55)
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- Key French talks over labour law
- 3rd other top story (24/3/2006, 03:10 – 09:15)
- 4th other top story (24/3/2006, 09:15 – 09:25)
- 5th other top story (24/3/2006, 09:25 – 10:15)
- 4th other top story (24/3/2006, 10:15 – 12:15)
- 5th other top story (24/3/2006, 12:15 – 12:30)
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- Huge blast rocks French college
- Right subheadline (24/3/2006, 12:30 – 12:45)
- 1st other top story (24/3/2006, 12:45 – 12:55)
- 5th other top story (24/3/2006, 12:55 – 14:35)
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- French labour law talks deadlock
- 5th other top story (24/3/2006, 18:00 – 19:25)
- 6th other top story (24/3/2006, 19:25 – 19:45)
- 7th other top story (24/3/2006, 19:45 – 22:20)
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- Commuters hit by French strikes
- 5th other top story (28/3/2006, 08:50 – 10:25)
- 3rd other top story (28/3/2006, 10:25 – 12:20)
- 2nd other top story (28/3/2006, 12:20 – 13:00)
- 3rd other top story (28/3/2006, 13:00 – 13:05)
- 4th other top story (28/3/2006, 13:05 – 14:30)
- 5th other top story (28/3/2006, 14:30 – 14:40)
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- French job law 'constitutional'
- 4th other top story (30/3/2006, 18:45 – 18:50)
- 1st other top story (30/3/2006, 18:50 – 19:30)
- 4th other top story (30/3/2006, 19:30 – 20:35)
- 5th other top story (30/3/2006, 20:35 – 20:50)
- 4th other top story (31/3/2006, 04:35 – 08:00)
- 5th other top story (31/3/2006, 08:00 – 11:10)
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April 2006
- French unions to discuss job law
- 4th other top story (5/4/2006, 05:55 – 07:40)
- 5th other top story (5/4/2006, 07:40 – 09:00)
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- French man jailed in torture case
- 2nd other top story (8/4/2006, 16:45 – 20:45)
- 3rd other top story (8/4/2006, 20:45 – 9/4/2006, 00:15)
- 4th other top story (9/4/2006, 00:15 – 00:30)
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- French protesters to mark victory
- 1st other top story (11/4/2006, 05:05 – 06:00)
- 2nd other top story (11/4/2006, 06:00 – 06:20)
- 4th other top story (11/4/2006, 06:20 – 07:00)
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May 2006
- French PM 'hurt by terrible lies'
- 3rd other top story (2/5/2006, 15:50 – 18:40)
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- MPs back French immigration bill
- 5th other top story (17/5/2006, 18:10 – 20:00)
- 6th other top story (17/5/2006, 20:00 – 21:50)
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July 2006
- French heatwave claims 64 lives
- 5th other top story (27/7/2006, 15:40 – 15:50)
- 6th other top story (27/7/2006, 15:50 – 17:35)
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August 2006
- Rainbow Warrior in French 'siege'
- 3rd other top story (23/8/2006, 22:35 – 22:55)
- 4th other top story (23/8/2006, 22:55 – 24/8/2006, 01:20)
- 5th other top story (24/8/2006, 01:20 – 06:35)
- Right subheadline (24/8/2006, 06:35 – 08:40)
- 2nd other top story (24/8/2006, 08:40 – 09:40)
- 3rd other top story (24/8/2006, 09:40 – 10:20)
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October 2006
- 'Many dead' in French train crash
- Right subheadline (11/10/2006, 12:35 – 12:55)
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- Ten killed in French train crash
- Right subheadline (11/10/2006, 12:55 – 13:10)
- Main headline (11/10/2006, 13:10 – 13:40)
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- French train collision 'kills 12'
- Main headline (11/10/2006, 13:40 – 14:20)
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- French train collision 'kills 13'
- Main headline (11/10/2006, 14:20 – 14:50)
- 1st other top story (11/10/2006, 14:50 – 15:10)
- Right subheadline (11/10/2006, 15:10 – 15:55)
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- French train collision 'kills 12'
- Right subheadline (11/10/2006, 15:55 – 18:10)
- 1st other top story (11/10/2006, 18:10 – 18:45)
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- French rescuers tackle wreckage
- 1st other top story (11/10/2006, 18:45 – 19:40)
- 2nd other top story (11/10/2006, 19:40 – 20:05)
- 4th other top story (11/10/2006, 20:05 – 20:10)
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- French MPs pass 'genocide' bill
- Left subheadline (12/10/2006, 11:30 – 11:40)
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- French in Armenia 'genocide' row
- Left subheadline (12/10/2006, 11:40 – 11:50)
- 1st other top story (12/10/2006, 11:50 – 13:10)
- 2nd other top story (12/10/2006, 13:10 – 14:30)
- 3rd other top story (12/10/2006, 14:30 – 14:55)
- 1st other top story (12/10/2006, 14:55 – 18:55)
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November 2006
- French rugby star murdered wife
- 4th other top story (10/11/2006, 20:25 – 21:05)
- 5th other top story (10/11/2006, 21:05 – 21:10)
- 4th other top story (10/11/2006, 21:10 – 11/11/2006, 00:50)
- 5th other top story (11/11/2006, 00:50 – 01:00)
- 4th other top story (11/11/2006, 01:00 – 02:25)
- 5th other top story (11/11/2006, 02:25 – 03:35)
- 6th other top story (11/11/2006, 03:35 – 04:55)
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December 2006
- French PM testifies over scandal
- 3rd other top story (22/12/2006, 09:55 – 11:25)
- 4th other top story (22/12/2006, 11:25 – 11:35)
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January 2007
- French PM honours Harold Pinter
- 5th other top story (18/1/2007, 02:05 – 05:50)
- 6th other top story (18/1/2007, 05:50 – 08:35)
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February 2007
- French police probed in riot case
- 2nd other top story (8/2/2007, 19:25 – 21:25)
- 3rd other top story (8/2/2007, 21:25 – 9/2/2007, 01:15)
- 4th other top story (9/2/2007, 01:15 – 02:10)
- 5th other top story (9/2/2007, 02:10 – 02:15)
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- Three killed in French air crash
- 3rd other top story (11/2/2007, 19:05 – 23:20)
- 4th other top story (11/2/2007, 23:20 – 12/2/2007, 01:00)
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- French wartime collaborator dead
- 5th other top story (17/2/2007, 19:35 – 19:40)
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- French wartime collaborator dies
- 5th other top story (17/2/2007, 19:40 – 20:00)
- 4th other top story (17/2/2007, 20:00 – 18/2/2007, 00:20)
- 5th other top story (18/2/2007, 00:20 – 04:20)
- 4th other top story (18/2/2007, 04:20 – 05:00)
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- Royal seeks to revive French bid
- 2nd other top story (20/2/2007, 01:50 – 03:15)
- 3rd other top story (20/2/2007, 03:15 – 03:30)
- 4th other top story (20/2/2007, 03:30 – 05:50)
- 5th other top story (20/2/2007, 05:50 – 07:30)
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- French killed in Saudi shooting
- 2nd other top story (26/2/2007, 18:05 – 22:55)
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March 2007
- Eleven in French presidency race
- 4th other top story (16/3/2007, 17:45 – 19:25)
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April 2007
- French set new rail speed record
- Right subheadline (3/4/2007, 12:25 – 4/4/2007, 02:45)
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- French captives 'appear on video'
- 6th other top story (14/4/2007, 13:20 – 14:55)
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- Voting begins in French election
- Main headline (22/4/2007, 07:10 – 13:30)
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- Decision time in French election
- Main headline (22/4/2007, 13:30 – 17:20)
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- Turnout soars in key French vote
- Main headline (22/4/2007, 17:20 – 19:10)
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- French contenders set for run-off
- Main headline (23/4/2007, 06:45 – 08:45)
- Left subheadline (23/4/2007, 08:45 – 12:35)
- Right subheadline (23/4/2007, 12:35 – 14:40)
- 1st other top story (23/4/2007, 14:40 – 15:45)
- 2nd other top story (23/4/2007, 15:45 – 17:55)
- 3rd other top story (23/4/2007, 17:55 – 21:50)
- 4th other top story (23/4/2007, 21:50 – 24/4/2007, 00:30)
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- French opponents seek new support
- 1st other top story (24/4/2007, 07:05 – 07:10)
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- French rivals seek new support
- 2nd other top story (24/4/2007, 07:10 – 08:25)
- 3rd other top story (24/4/2007, 08:25 – 08:55)
- 4th other top story (24/4/2007, 08:55 – 09:35)
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- Bayrou 'neutral over French poll'
- 3rd other top story (25/4/2007, 15:00 – 15:10)
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- French 'kingmaker' snubs rivals
- 3rd other top story (25/4/2007, 15:10 – 15:45)
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- 'Kingmaker' snubs French rivals
- 2nd other top story (25/4/2007, 16:00 – 17:20)
- 3rd other top story (25/4/2007, 17:20 – 19:00)
- 2nd other top story (25/4/2007, 19:00 – 20:50)
- 4th other top story (25/4/2007, 20:50 – 22:10)
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- Taleban 'free' French aid worker
- 1st other top story (28/4/2007, 08:40 – 09:05)
- 2nd other top story (28/4/2007, 09:05 – 10:50)
- Right subheadline (28/4/2007, 10:50 – 11:40)
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- Taleban release French aid worker
- Right subheadline (28/4/2007, 11:40 – 16:55)
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- Taleban release French worker
- 2nd other top story (28/4/2007, 16:55 – 17:15)
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- Taleban free French aid worker
- 3rd other top story (28/4/2007, 17:50 – 18:25)
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- French aid worker thanks Taleban
- 4th other top story (28/4/2007, 18:50 – 23:45)
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May 2007
- French rivals clash in TV debate
- 1st other top story (2/5/2007, 22:40 – 22:50)
- 4th other top story (2/5/2007, 22:50 – 3/5/2007, 00:20)
- 5th other top story (3/5/2007, 00:20 – 01:40)
- Right subheadline (3/5/2007, 01:40 – 02:45)
- 2nd other top story (3/5/2007, 02:45 – 06:40)
- Right subheadline (3/5/2007, 06:40 – 07:15)
- 1st other top story (3/5/2007, 07:15 – 07:50)
- Left subheadline (3/5/2007, 07:50 – 08:10)
- Right subheadline (3/5/2007, 08:10 – 09:40)
- 2nd other top story (3/5/2007, 09:40 – 09:50)
- 4th other top story (3/5/2007, 09:50 – 10:10)
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- French rivals claim TV honours
- 1st other top story (3/5/2007, 12:35 – 13:20)
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- French rivals dispute TV honours
- Left subheadline (3/5/2007, 13:20 – 15:20)
- 2nd other top story (3/5/2007, 15:20 – 15:50)
- 3rd other top story (3/5/2007, 15:50 – 16:05)
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- French rivals hold final rallies
- 2nd other top story (3/5/2007, 18:40 – 19:25)
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- French poll rivals in final push
- 3rd other top story (4/5/2007, 08:40 – 09:20)
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- 3rd other top story (4/5/2007, 12:40 – 15:50)
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- French rivals vie for final votes
- 2nd other top story (4/5/2007, 17:30 – 22:30)
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- Overseas votes start French poll
- 4th other top story (5/5/2007, 12:25 – 14:00)
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- 4th other top story (5/5/2007, 14:15 – 15:15)
- 5th other top story (5/5/2007, 15:15 – 6/5/2007, 01:50)
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- French set to elect new president
- 5th other top story (6/5/2007, 01:50 – 03:05)
- Left subheadline (6/5/2007, 03:05 – 07:10)
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- Voting brisk as the French decide
- Left subheadline (6/5/2007, 12:10 – 12:30)
- 1st other top story (6/5/2007, 12:30 – 16:25)
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- Sarkozy 'wins French presidency'
- Left subheadline (6/5/2007, 19:10 – 19:15)
- Main headline (6/5/2007, 19:15 – 19:30)
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- Sarkozy takes French presidency
- Main headline (6/5/2007, 19:30 – 7/5/2007, 05:15)
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- Sarkozy names new French PM
- 2nd other top story (17/5/2007, 09:40 – 10:25)
- 3rd other top story (17/5/2007, 10:25 – 11:45)
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