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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: French government

French government stories: 3 news summaries

 French Fight Ban on
 Insulting Civil Servants

More civil servants
filing suits when slighted

Jul 26, 08 7:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Paris publisher has launched a high-profile crusade to legalize an increasingly popular crime: the insulting of public officials, the London Times reports. After being fined €150 for calling a cop a connard—or stupid bastard—Jean-Jacques Reboux got even angrier, and accused civil servants of abusing the law... More »

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law • free speech • France • French government • civil service • insult

France Opens Probe Against
Former PM

De Villepin will be grilled over Sarkozy smear campaign

Jul 27, 07 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dominique de Villepin, France's former PM and a longtime rival of president Nicolas Sarkozy, will undergo a formal investigation for his alleged role in improperly smearing Sarkozy. De Villepin denies involvement in the scandal which may also implicate former president Jacques Chirac, but the announcement is seen as a step... More »

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investigation • Nicolas Sarkozy • Jacques Chirac • France • bribe • French government • Dominique de Villepin • scandal

French Government Develops BlackBerry Allergy

Security concerns prompt ban for top-level officials

Jun 20, 07 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - BlackBerrys may feel like tools of high-tech spycraft, but they're not—or so the manufacturer is attempting to convince the French government. Worried that American intelligence could intercept transmissions from the addictive devices, the government has renewed an apparently futile 18-month-old ban on high-level officials' use, according to the Times ... More »

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Research In Motion • France • BlackBerry • French government • encryption

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