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French president has 100 days to deliver on changes after EU set a deadline for removing barriers to growth by March 2015.

Haiti-born Jean, 57, becomes the first women to be chosen as secretary general of the International Organization of Francophonie.

The thriller starring Scarlett Johansson and Morgan Freeman has already been seen by more than 52 million people around the world.

Muslim convert David Drugeon, 24, was a bomb-maker said to be working with al-Qaeda veterans accused of plotting attacks on the West.

Former major figure in government has enrolled at top institution because he wants to set up own firm and 'running a business is a real job'.

Unusually for a French president, François Hollande began trip in oil-rich Alberta rather than in the French-speaking eastern part of Canada.

Broadcasters who employed the reporters, who were killed doing their job, launch campaign for end to impunity for crimes against journalists.

High-end English-language programming with French backers has quietly become de rigueur in Hollywood.

Algeria's justice minister says initial investigation has identified 'certain members' of terror group who murdered Hervé Gourdel.

Pilots due to begin a one-week strike over company plans to cut costs to recapture market share from budget airlines.

French judges have opened probe into claims that staff at Erbil in Kurdish-controlled Iraq were charging large sums for appointments and visas.

During visit to Baghdad, François Hollande said he underlined France's readiness to provide even more military assistance to Iraq.

Bank of France boss Christian Noyer said that without reform the country would see zero growth and unemployment stuck at 10%.

Survey suggests Front National boss would win first round vote and trounce President Hollande in second round run-off - but not other rivals.

Journalist Nicolas Henin said Mehdi Nemmouche, who has been extradited to Belgium over murders, was his jailer in Syria in late 2013.

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