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French consul in Libya survives gun attack
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French consul in Libya survives gun attack

Gunmen in Benghazi, Libya fired at the vehicle of France's honorary consul in the city, Jean Dufriche, on Thursday night, as he was returning home with his wife. Neither were injured, although ten bullets are reported to have hit the car.
British royal begins landmark visit to Paris
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British royal begins landmark visit to Paris

Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, begins her first solo official visit abroad on Monday, a two-day sojourn to Paris that will include a trip to a charity of which she is a leading patron, a tour of the Louvre, and a stop at a haute couture workshop.
Iranian women stone French embassy
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Iranian women stone French embassy

A small group of protesters, most of them women, on Tuesday destroyed a Iranian police post protecting the French embassy in Tehran and threw stones at visitors to the mission before being arrested, a diplomat inside told AFP.
Massive protests over Muhammad cartoons
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Massive protests over Muhammad cartoons

Bloody clashes and violence flared Friday as Pakistan shut down for mass protests against a US-made anti-Islam film that has fanned global Muslim anger, inflamed further by French cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Anti-France protests spread to Iran
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Anti-France protests spread to Iran

Up to 200 people protested without incident in front of France's embassy in Tehran on Thursday over a French satirical weekly's publication of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, an AFP correspondent reported.