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French ambassador to return to Australia after subs rowPARIS: France announced Wednesday (Oct 6) it will return its ambassador to Australia, ending a weeks-long diplomatic protest over Canberra\u0027s decision to scrap a submarine contract. Paris Only for show
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French satellite firm Eutelsat raises stake in UK company OneWebPARIS : French satellite company Eutelsat, which rejected a takeover proposal from billionaire Patrick Drahi, said it had raised its stake in London-headquartered communications network company OneWeb to 22.9per cent.'Eutelsat Communications has exercised a call option on a portion of the latest OneWeb fu
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French clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children since 1950, probe findsPARIS: French clergy have sexually abused more than 200,000 children over the past 70 years, a major investigation released on Tuesday (Oct 5) found, and its authors accused the Catholic Church of turning a blind eye for too long. The church had shown \u0022deep, total and even cruel indifference for years\u0022, pr
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French report: 330,000 children victims of church sex abuseVictims of abuse within France’s Catholic Church welcomed a historic turning point Tuesday after a new report estimated that 330,000 children in France were sexually abused over the past 70 years, providing the country's first accounting of the worldwide phenomenon. The figure includes abuses committed by some 3,000 priests and an unknown number of other people involved in the church — wrongdoing that Catholic authorities covered up over decades in a “systemic manner,” according to the president of the commission that issued the report, Jean-Marc Sauvé. The 2,500-page document was issued as the Catholic Church in France, like in other countries, seeks to face up to shameful secrets that were long covered up.
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Pope expresses 'shame' at French child sex abuse scandalPope Francis expresses his personal shame and that of the Church at the sexual abuse of children by French Catholic clergy, and offers the victims his prayers, after the scale of the problem was laid bare in a devastating report. An independent commission revealed earlier this week that French Catholic clergy sexually abused around 216,000 minors over seven decades since 1950, calling the scandal a 'massive phenomenon' that was covered up by a 'veil of silence'.
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French senators visit Taiwan despite China protestsA delegation of French senators led by a former defence minister arrived on Wednesday in Taiwan, where they will hold talks with President Tsai Ing-wen, despite strong protests from China. LOL suddenly so thoughtful
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