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African nation barred France’s ambassador from attending genocide commemorations after Paris cancelled the planned visit of justice minister.

The ex-minister and founder of the centrist UDI party Jean-Louis Borloo is to give up political life because of ill health.

Canal Plus and Qatar-owned Al Jazeera are poised to fight it out for right to broadcast Champions League football in France.

Bernard Kouchner said errors were made, but dismissed Rwandan accusations that France directly helped in the1994 genocide in the country.

After a month-long fierce bidding war against Bouygues, Numericable buys Vivendi's telecoms subsidiary SFR for 13.5 billion euros.

French officials will not attend events marking the 20th anniversary of the genocide after Rwanda's president said France helped in the killings.

The Front National party, which since last weekend controls 12 French town halls, says no 'religious requirements' on menus will be tolerated.

France's new government has held its first cabinet meeting Friday, which also reunited President François Hollande with his former partner.

The Hebrew for 'interesting' was invented for an 1893 newspaper report on a graft scandal during the building of the Panama Canal.   

Medical services in France are put 'on alert' over the deadly disease that is sweeping Guinea, a former French West African colony.