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An agent in the Special Operations Executive in World War 2, Maloubier was tasked with sabotage and spying on Nazi forces in France.

Serge Atlaoui, who was arrested at an ecstasy laboratory in 2005, now faces firing squad after supreme court bid fails.

In interview broadcast on France 2 television, Syrian president said the contact had been with French intelligence officials who had visited Damascus.

The city owns 104 Catholic and Protestant churches and two synagogues, many of historical and architectural value but in poor condition.

The French government has reportedly irked Nissan and caught Renault board by surprise in move to double its stake and clout in the carmaker.

The French president urged a meeting of foreign, interior ministers after drownings of about 700 EU-bound migrants off Libya this weekend.

The French president, speaking in a TV interview on Sunday, said a bonus will be paid to part-time workers to help jobless return to activity.

Helicopters, warships, combat and transport vehicles and missiles are part of the Saudi-funded French weapons which start arriving on Monday.

A Polish national with a record of violent crime has confessed to abducting and strangling the nine-year-old on April 15th.

The 25m-euro Hermione, whose namesake took troops and cash to aid revolt against English rule, set sail for Boston from France on Saturday.