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The French president's former partner, from whom he formally separated this weekend, has arrived in India for a pre-planned charity mission.

Police said the 'Day of Anger' protest, mounted by a group of right-wing organizations, drew 17,000 while organisers claimed 120,000 turned out.

French president ends speculation over first lady's status, saying 'I have put an end to my shared life with Valérie Trierweiler'.

Recent arrests show tractors, vines, crops and livestock - sometimes butchered on site - are increasingly the prey of criminal gangs based abroad.

Rating agency Moody’s holds France's rating at Aa1, a notch below the coveted 'triple A', while forecasting a further rise of debt-to-GDP ratio.

The Elysée palace denies reports of an imminent announcement that François Hollande and Valérie Trierweiler are to separate.

One French soldier was wounded and a weapons cache seized in an operation in northern Mali that left at least 11 suspected Islamist fighters dead.

A small bomb exploded in central Rome near a French foundation and cultural building just hours before the French president's visit to the Vatican.

Valérie Trierweiler will visit Mumbai on Sunday and Monday in a visit organised and funded by a French aid agency, Action Against Hunger.

A survey of purchasing managers finds French economic activity shrank in January, but at a slower pace than before, when profit margins fell.