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The latest news and comment on Paris
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Teenagers rescued from Paris catacombs after three-day ordealSixteen- and 17-year-old treated for hypothermia after being found by rescue dogs in underground burial ground
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Google and Facebook face penalties if they don't stop online hateTheresa May and French president Emmanuel Macron agree to create laws to punish failure to remove jihadist propaganda from websites
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LA Olympics bid leader appears to concede 2024 Games to ParisLos Angeles has given up its bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics, a move that effectively means Paris will host the Games in seven years
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Pittsburgh fires back at Trump: we stand with Paris, not youTrump said ‘I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris’ – but city’s mayor retorts: ‘We stand with the world and will follow the agreement’
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'No-go zone' for women? How street harassment in Paris boiled overSome blame migrants for the harassment of women in the La Chapelle-Pajol neighbourhood, others cry racism. But has all the political mud-slinging distracted from the real issue – of women’s safety?
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Posthumous wedding for police officer killed in Champs-Élysées attackEtienne Cardiles’ marriage to the late Xavier Jugelé is attended by Paris mayor Hidalgo and former president Hollande
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Why there’s nothing racist about black-only spacesThe controversy around a black feminist festival in Paris fails to acknowledge the differences between segregationist white spaces and subversive black spaces
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Paris mayor demands black feminist festival that 'prohibits' white people be bannedAnne Hidalgo says organisers of the Nyansapo Festival in the capital could be prosecuted because most of the event space would for black women only
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In France, we live, laugh and marry as before but we are less certain of the futureWe have reluctantly grown used to both the presence of troops and the threat of terror attacks
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France on extra high alert for May Day as protesters march against Le PenProtesters to use 1 May marches to oppose far-right presidential candidate as Front National holds annual gathering
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The chic and the shabby: Paris in the 1950s by Marilyn StaffordUS photojournalist Marilyn Stafford worked for fashion houses, and documented the lives of slum children and refugees fleeing Algeria’s war of independence
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Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team bans Russian news outlets from eventsRussia accuses French presidential candidate of discrimination after spokesman confirmed Sputnik news agency and RT TV channel were denied access
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Macron and Le Pen pay tribute to officer killed in Champs Élysées attackFrench election candidates pause from campaign to attend memorial for Xavier Jugelé, who was murdered last week
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Paris gunman served more than 12 years in jail for shooting at policeKarim Cheurfi last detained in February after reports he had been talking about assaulting police
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Shadow of terror attacks hangs over France as polls prepare to openWith first round of the presidential vote taking place on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron accuses rivals of exploiting attacks
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Xavier Jugelé: policeman killed in Paris was gay rights activistTributes paid to policeman who attended 2015 attack on Bataclan concert hall and worked in Greece helping migrants
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French presidential candidates react to Paris attack – videoThe three frontrunners in the French presidential election give their reactions to Thursday’s gun attack on police officers in Paris
Consumer champions A trip to Paris went off the rails when I needed a metro refund