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Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller, has stirred fierce debate since a WHO body said it was probably carcinogenic.

Labour minister Myriam El Khomri is reportedly planning to introduce law that bans employers from sending staff out-of-hours emails or texts.

Government spokesman said the groups, which ran a mosque shut down after the Paris terrorist attacks, were 'clearly taking action to incite jihad.'

Pair were found guilty of breaches in a 2mln Swiss franc 'disloyal payment' made to Uefa boss and ex-France captain by Fifa chief Blatter in 2011.

The Uefa chief and 1980s French football star, under investigation over a payment from Fifa's boss, stays banned from all football-related activity.

The ban announced by Seoul came as increasing numbers of Dordogne farms are confirmed contaminated by an unusual strain of avian influenza.

French health minister says 32-year-old ban to avid AIDS transmission will be lifted in 2016 but will be conditional to sexual abstinence.

A planned law bans large stores from destroying unsold food which would go to charities for the poor, which must invest to cope with the supplies.

Monsanto product will be barred from self-service shopping outlets amid evidence that one of its constituents, glyphosate, is carcinogenic.

UMP mayor Robert Chardon tweeted Muslim religion 'must be banned in France' and those pacticing it 'immediately escorted to the border'.

MP and former skin cancer specialist Michèle Delaunay says tanning-induced melanoma is second-fastest-growing form of cancer among women.

People complained museum had one rule for public and one rule for ministers after Fleur Pellerin posted image of French masterpiece online.

French health minister hints at support for MP's proposed law to outlaw anorexic models, with employers who breach it facing fines and jail.

Family minister said France did not need new legislation but should reconsider value of corporal punishment after Council of Europe's criticism.

According to reports, the Council of Europe will this week criticise France for its failure to explicitly ban the smacking of children.