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                                <title><![CDATA[ Apple to update iPhone 12 software in France to settle radiation row ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Belgium questions Apple's iPhone 12 after France suspends sales over radiation ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 06:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Why has France banned sales of Apple's iPhone 12? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 01:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ France says controversy over Morocco aid misplaced ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Paris and Rabat have had a difficult relationship in recent years notably over the issue of Western Sahara, which Morocco wants France to recognise as Moroccan. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ France to ban disposable e-cigarettes ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ French ban of abaya robes in schools draws applause, criticism ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Some academics agree the move could be counterproductive, all the more as it touches on clothing they say is worn for fashion or identity rather than religion. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ France to ban Muslim abaya dress in state schools ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 01:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ In 2004, France banned headscarves in schools and passed a ban on full face veils in public in 2010, angering some in its five million-strong Muslim community. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ France issues 'red alert' over heatwave in south ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 00:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Temperatures are expected to rise to between 40 and 42 Celsius in the southern departments of Ardeche, Drome, Vaucluse and Gard, reports say. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Eiffel Tower briefly evacuated after bomb threat ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 00:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ French policeman accused of violence during riots kept in custody ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 01:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Violent protests raged for days in several French cities after a 17-year-old of North African descent was shot dead by police in Paris on June 26 after failing to obey an order to stop his car. ]]></description>
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