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Eiffel Tower to be shielded by 2.5m glass security walls

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The barriers costing some 20 million euros will be erected this autumn at the northern and southern ends of the monument area.

France's Fillon asks prosecutor to drop 'fake work' inquiry

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The allegations have seriously damaged right-winger Fillon's campaign for the presidency, sending his opinion poll approval ratings plummeting.

Explosion at French reactor: no nuclear risk, say officials

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A senior local official said the blast at the site in northern France was a 'significant technical event' but was not a 'nuclear accident'.

French tourism rebounds two years after start of terror attacks

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The last three months of 2016 saw tourism in France rebound by nearly 4 percent, after a dramatic downturn last year.

Protests spread across Paris over alleged police rape

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Police arrested a dozen people on a fourth night of clashes with youths on housing estates north of Paris, amid fury over the violent arrest.

'Determined' Fillon strikes back with a letter to the French

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Former PM Fillon re-affirmed legality of salaries paid to family as yet more allegations about his wife's job as a parliamentary aide emerged.

Boy, 5, found dead in French street after 'bed-wetting punishment'

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Child found dead and stripped to his underwear in a street after his mother and step-father allegedly physically punished him for wetting the bed.

François Fillon faces fresh claims over wife's pay

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Rightwing French presidential candidate disputes fresh allegation that Penelope Fillon received €48,000 in severance payments.

Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy to face trial over campaign finances

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Prosecution claims the former French president "knowingly" went over the €22.5m campaign spending limit in his 2012 election defeat.

English versus French tensions in Cameroon turn deadly

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Teachers join strike led by lawyers over official use of French in English-speaking part of the country where ten were killed in demonstrations.