Nanterre

A French prosecutor has opened an investigation into whether Petroplus illegally withdrew funds from its French unit before the Swiss refiner filed...

Officials: Former French President Chirac to face trial in 2nd corruption caseFormer French President Jacques Chirac has been ordered to stand trial in a second party financing case dating back to his 1977-1995 tenure as Paris mayor, judicial officials said Monday.Chirac ...

French protesters block airports, clash with cops as tensions rise over hiking retirement ageWorkers opposed to a higher retirement age blocked roads to airports around France on Wednesday, leaving passengers in Paris dragging suitcases on foot along an emergency breakdown lane.Outside ...

Protesters opposed to raising France's retirement age are blocking or disrupting access to airports in Paris and around France.. PARIS (AP) - Hooded youths rampaged through the Paris suburb of Nanterre Wednesday morning, hurling stones and bottles and breaking windows in stores ...

French police fired tear gas at school pupils today after nationwide strike protests against raising the retirement age moved uncomfortably close to mass violence.. It was the sixth national day of demonstrations since early last month against legislation which will raise the ...

Masked youths clashed with police officers and set fires in cities across France on Tuesday as protests against a proposed hike in the retirement age took an increasingly radical turn.. At the Place de la Republique in eastern Paris, young people pelted ...

A French photographer defended himself Wednesday against accusations of being a gold digger after he received nearly one billion euros in gifts from France's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt.Bettencourt's daughter last week filed suit in court, arguing that her mother ...

Located on the east bank of a loop of the meandering Seine River and separated from Paris by the suburbs of Puteaux and Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nanterre was formerly a heavily industrialized, inner-city suburb with automobile, tire, food, and metal industries. Today much of ...

Tom Boonen's bid to overturn a ban on him competing in next month's Tour de France has hit another barrier with the decision by a court in Nanterre, France not to hear his case.. The ex-world road race champion from ...

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Probe on Petroplus insolvency

Chirac to be tried in 2nd corruption case

Rioters rampage, protesters block French airports

French protesters blocking airports

Strikes slide country towards chaos

French retirement protests take violent turn

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French court won't judge Boonen case

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