http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/tags/france.htm Latest news stories from around the world. Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-14T20:16:10+11:00 2008-11-14T20:16:10+11:00 A protest by French public servants in French Polynesia has prevented the French High Commissioner from leaving his home to catch a plane to New Caledonia.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420390.htm2008-11-14T20:16:10+11:00Thousands of public sector workers in French Polynesia have taken to the streets of Papeete at the start of a strike in protest at French plans to cut pensions.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419380.htm2008-11-14T09:45:33+11:00The French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said he will meet the Dalai Lama next month, describing the exiled Tibetan leader as a distinguished man who inspires profound respect.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419341.htm2008-11-14T07:59:55+11:00A major commemoration to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War One has taken place in Verdun, north-east France, where French and German troops fought a bloody battle for eight months.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417014.htm2008-11-12T09:14:36+11:00The Australian Government has announced it will DNA test all the remains of World War One soldiers discovered in mass graves at Fromelles in Northern France.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2416970.htm2008-11-11T21:28:36+11:00