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PM blasts NY Times for ‘false’ picture of life for French Muslims

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Manuel Valls spoke after article quoted a number of Muslim women in France who said they had been subject of stigmatisation and racist abuse.

Shamed ex-minister implicates former French PM in tax fraud case

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Jérôme Cahuzac claimed in court he opened his first secret Swiss bank account in 1992 to fund political activities of the late Michel Rocard.

Former French budget minister Cahuzac in court over tax fraud claims

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Ex-minister on trial in Paris on charges of tax fraud and money laundering that saw him forced to quit in 2013 in major political scandal.

Calais blockade: protest targets migrant camp

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Lorry drivers and farmers stage protest against the French government's failure to close the camp, known as the 'Jungle'.

Thousands rally in Paris to protest crime targeting Chinese

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At least 13,000 people attended a protest over what they say is a crime wave targeting the Chinese community in France.

British mother arrested after baby found dead in France

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Woman in her 30s on holiday in south-west France arrested after baby's father reported death and doctor declared it was not from natural causes.

Macron criticizes French government for holding back on reforms

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Former economy minister, who quit last week, said Hollande's government made choice 'not to launch a second wave of economic reforms'.

Rural France pledges to vote for Marine Le Pen as president

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Head of Front National wants to be seen as above the fray of same-old-same-old elite and as someone who will give France back to the French.

Le Pen vows to hold referendum on EU if elected

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The far-right National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, made pledge to give French people the chance to vote on EU membership.

French customs find record 51kg of crystal meth at Paris airport

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Officials at Charles de Gaulle airport checking cartons of cereal bags en route from Cameroon to Malaysia found them to be 'unusually heavy'.