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Hugh Schofield

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/ 17 March 2007

French Resistance hero was ’emblematic’

Wartime French Resistance hero Lucie Aubrac, who famously rescued her husband in a daring attack on a German convoy, died on March 14 in a Paris hospital at the age of 94. In 1943, Aubrac was with a group of fighters who ambushed a truck bearing Raymond Aubrac and 13 other resistance members from Gestapo headquarters in Lyon.

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/ 26 September 2006

Chinese beat trail to French town with communist link

An obscure town in central France, better-known for its caramelised almonds, has become the unlikely destination for an influx of visitors from China thanks to the long-forgotten role it once played in the formation of the country’s ruling Communist Party. Situated about 100km south of Paris, Montargis has until now relied on its renown as the birthplace of the praline to promote its anaemic holiday trade.

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/ 7 November 2005

French riots spiral out of control

Riots in France’s poor city suburbs appeared to be spiralling out of control on Monday after the worst night of violence to date, in which more than 30 police were injured and 1 400 cars burned across the country. "The shockwave has spread from Paris to the provinces," said the director general of the national police.

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