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French Parliament has voted to extend the legislation until July 15th, after next year's presidential and parliamentary elections.

In first speech to Parliament the new prime minister also directly attacked policy plans of conservative presidential candidate François Fillon.

Drawing valued at €15m was unveiled in Paris after the doctor brought the lost work to auction house amongst a jumble of unknown sketches.

Ten suspects, including one or more Albanians, were arrested in various parts of Nice and another was detained in the western city of Nantes.

Former French finance minister accused of negligence over her role in setting up arbitration panel that awarded €404m to tycoon Bernard Tapie.

Police are hunting four thieves who stole dozens of kilos of gold from an armoured truckon the A6 motorway between Paris and Lyon.

Vehicles failing to display stickers showing age, engine size and cleanliness will be banned from low-emission zones in Paris and other cities.

The International Monetary Fund managing director is to be tried by a special court on Monday charged with negligence when she was French finance minister for allowing a payout of more than 400 million euros from public funds to tycoon Bernard Tapie, a decision since quashed.

French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault presented the US Secretary of State with the insignia of Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, France's highest civil award, at a ceremony in Paris in which he recalled Kerry's family connections with France and praised his diplomatic endeavours.

The bones of the 7.5-metre-long allosaurus, a ferocious carnivore which became extinct 135 million years ago, were sold in Lyon to an unnamed French buyer who has pledged to put it on public display in France.