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Far-right party founder Le Pen sets up counter group in split with daughter
The Front National family feud sees former paratrooper launching a splinter group amid attacks on gay officials surrounding his daughter.
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Egyptian mummy found in French rubbish dump now on display
The child mummy is believed to date from around 350BC and comes from the Akhmim region in upper Egypt on the east bank of the river Nile.
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France backs EU plan for migrant quotas
Visiting Malta, French European affairs minister Harlem Désir said genuine asylum seekers should be relocated equally among member states.
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Paris Muslim radio in conciliator role after January terrorist attacks
Muslims and non-Muslims turn to 'Beur FM' phone-in chat programmes to debate tolerance, integration and violence in French society.
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Paris station evacuated after Eurostar passenger checks in with artillery shell
The Gare du Nord was plunged into chaos after the ammunition, apparently dating from WWI or WWII, was found in a man's backpack.
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Hollande calls on US to lift Cuba embargo
From Havana, the French president said Paris would urge 'measures which have so badly harmed Cuba's development can finally be repealed'.
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Swimmer dies after shark attack off New Caledonia
The male victim was on a sail trip with friends off the French Pacific Ocean archipelago when a bull shark attacked him metres from their boat.
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France decides to keep its six A400M military transporters flying
Despite Britain and Germany grounding their A400M fleets after one crashed in Spain, defence ministry says no reason found yet to do the same.
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Catherine Deneuve laments demise of stars and rise of social media
The actress, 71, who's new film will open the Cannes Film Festival, says France no longer has true stars while no-ones are now in the limelight.
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Hollande opens slavery memorial on French Caribbean island Guadeloupe
The French president, on a tour of Caribbean islands, paid homage to slaves and their sacrifices at the memorial, the first of its kind on French soil.