With 538 passengers on board, an Air France A380, the world’s largest civilian aircraft, landed in New York Friday after its first transatlantic flight.
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Fugitive prisoner Jean-Pierre Treiber was arrested Friday, two months after his daring escape from a French prison. Treiber was detained in 2004 on suspicion of a double murder and was awaiting trial at the time of his breakout.
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A new organisation is taking on radical Muslims in the United Kingdom. The English Defence League’s movement is slowly gaining ground across the country, as its members protest against those who want to impose Sharia law across Britain.
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Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen backed calls by the Football Association of Ireland for football’s governing body FIFA to order a replay of Wednesday's controversial World Cup qualifier between France and Ireland.
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Shortly before noon Friday, an Air France A380, the world’s largest civilian airliner, will take off from Paris for New York on its first transatlantic flight with 538 passengers on board.
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A controversial goal by William Gallas in extra time gave the French side its ticket for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as les Bleus drew with Ireland 1-1 in the second leg of the play-off in Paris on Wednesday.
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IThe French papers breathe a sigh of relief this morning after France narrowly defeated Ireland to qualify for the World Cup. Several front pages lead with the photo of Thierry Henry’s contentious handball.
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The agricultural sector has been particularly hard hit by the credit crisis. FRANCE 24 takes a closer look and reports from Spain, where farmers are set to stage a strike this Friday in protest at plunging prices.
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Devastation from the Irish, a vicious spanking from the UK and red-faced admissions from the French - three countries' media react to Thierry Henry’s handball that cost Ireland its World Cup dream on Wednesday.
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Hervé Morin was attending the Dubai Air Show on Monday. FRANCE 24 Raphaël Kahane asked him about the aim of his visit in the United Arabic Emirates.
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Papers in Ireland this morning are poring over the details of last night’s nail-biting clash between France and Ireland. The most contentious moment was Thierry Henry’s handball which led to France equalizing and thus qualifying for the World Cup.
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