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France's Lactalis faces lawsuits over contaminated milk powder

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Hundreds of families say their children got salmonella poisoning after drinking powdered milk made by the French dairy giant.

France drops terrorism case against Canada professor

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Hassan Diab was under investigation and held in custody for three years over 1980 Paris synagogue bombing that killed four people.

French publisher suspends reprint of Céline's anti-Semitic texts

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After public outcry, publisher said 'conditions not right' for republishing of texts by man seen as one of France's greatest 20th-century novelists.

Aid groups slam Macron’s reform of asylum law

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Prime minister Édouard Philippe has sought to clarify plans after aid and emergency agencies accused government of planning mass expulsions.

French retailers sold baby milk despite possible Salmonella risk

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Ministers threaten sanctions after country’s big supermarkets said recalled Lactalis baby foods had still found their way onto shop shelves.

French police recover all of jewels taken in Ritz Paris raid

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Police say the gems worth some €4.5m were in a bag dropped by one member of the five-strong gang during the armed raid.

Millions in gems stolen in armed raid on Paris Ritz hotel

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Robbers make off with jewellery thought to be worth 4.7m euros after they smashed display cases at a gallery in the world-famous hotel.

French gendarme cleared over dam protester's death

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Court ruled no case to answer over death of Rémi Fraisse, 21, after gendarmes fired grenades during clashes at 2014 protest in south-west France.

French kosher store burns down on attack anniversary

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Arson attack, which followed anti-Semitic graffiti, came three years to the day after assault on a Jewish supermarket in Paris by Islamist gunman.

Deneuve denounces 'puritanism' of anti sexual harassment campaign

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The actress and 99 other women signed an article in Le Monde in which they said parts of the campaign had been fuelled by 'hatred of men'.