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British navy ships ordered to Jersey as French fishermen prepare to blockade island
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Pakiri sand mining gouging trenches in sea floor
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Terrorism fears feed the rise of France's extreme right
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US officially recognises Armenian Genocide, angering Turkey
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Russia pulls its troops from Ukraine border
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Spain acquits man of abusing stepdaughter, 14, who gave birth to his child
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France has ordered its citizens back to the rails, in a ban on short domestic flights.
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