Another nation anguished by a child's stabbing
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Issues raised by the murder of 15-year-old Algerian Soufiance Allouche in Grenoble, France, are discussed. It is clear that there are serious problems with youth violence in both the UK and France.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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New boules please: a French sport enters another age
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France is seeking to give its traditional sport of petanque, a form of bowls, a professional status. The 2001 petanque world championship brought together 3,000 teams from 13 countries, and it is hoped that petanque will also gain recognition as an Olympic sport.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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The world hates the French...and they don't like each other
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French attitudes to tourists involve rudeness, according to surveys, and the novelist, Julian Barnes, argues that that the role of the French is to symbolise otherness in Europe. They should not change to please other nations, he argues. French people tend to be organized in established groups of family, clients and friends. Outsiders are treated badly, whether they are French or foreign, but foreigners who have established a relationship with French people are treated well.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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