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  • Thousands of French homes still without power as storms return

    France — Link

    Some 2,000 homes in Brittany were hit by power cuts from fresh storms on Friday, while 7,500 others remained cut off by damage from Storm Dirk.

  • French jobless numbers rose in November to reach 3.29 million

    France — Link

    After a dip in October, November unemployment figures show a 17,800 rise while government insists pledge to see reversal by 2014 is on track.

  • Theatre director rams French presidential office gates

    France — Link

    The 67 year-old Italian national, head of a Paris theatre, was arrested after driving his car into the 19th-century gates of the Elysée Palace.

  • French cinema in 2013 'sexier and smarter than usual'

    France — Link

    Among the string of box office successes this year, several used an erotic plot to shine a light on the naked truth of socio-economic tensions.  

  • Six Chadian soldiers killed in Central African Republic

    International — Link

    The Chadian troops were ambushed in the CAR capital Bangui, where heavy firefights prompted French forces to deploy tanks near the airport.

  • One dead, three injured in Christmas fire in Paris

    France — Link

    More than 90 firefighters battled two hours to contain the apartment fire in southern Paris early on Christmas Day.

  • Six arrested over Lyon vigilante attacks against alleged anti-Semites

    France — Link

    Six people have been arrested for attacks on individuals performing the 'quenelle', a gesture associated with anti-Semitism, on social networks.

  • The stigma of being fat and female in France

    France — Link

    Not fitting the silhouettes put about by fashion magazines can make being fat synonymous with failure, argue champions of the more rounded.

  • Fierce storms leave 240,000 French homes without electricity

    France — Link

    After winds of up to130 k.p.h. caused havoc in western France, efforts were launched to try to fix damage to electricity network for Christmas.

  • France avoids double-dip recession

    France — Link

    French statistics institute INSEE predicts growth of 0.2% in 2013, thanks to 0.4% last-quarter growth that followed 0.1% third-quarter contraction.

  • Train carrying nuclear waste derails near Paris

    France — Link

    After the derailment in Drancy, just north of Paris, a fire service official said radiological tests found no leaks.

  • France maintains headscarf ban despite legal advice

    France — Link

    A ban on Muslim headscarves for volunteer school monitors is maintained, despite a warning by the Council of State that it oversteps the law.

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