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France backs defendant as LuxLeaks trial starts

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Minister said French ex-auditor on trial in Luxembourg over leak of documents revealing corporate tax deals was 'defending general interest'.

How Hollande's `bus full of generals' helped beat Germans to sub deal

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French lobbying, including by François Hollande and 'a bus full of generals', helped win €34bn Australian deal over low-key German rival bid.

French unemployment drops sharply in March

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In boost to President Hollande, jobless claims plunged by 60,000 in March in sharpest drop in France since dot.com economic boom of 2000.

'Dentist of horror' Jacobus van Nierop jailed in France

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Dutchman Jacobus van Nierop 'took pleasure' in causing horrific injuries to patients in small central France town of Château-Chinon, court told.

French TV channel criticised for showing video of Paris suicide bomber

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The channel M6 broadcast footage of the moment Ibrahim Abdeslam blew himself up at the Comptoir Voltaire café in Paris on November 13th.

French cardinal admits 'errors' in handling of child sex abuse cases

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Cardinal Barbarin made admission after meeting to discuss claims church failed to report several child sexual abuse cases in Lyon area.

France wins €34 billion Australia submarine contract

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The 12 Shortfin Barracuda submarines will be built by French defence and naval group DCNS in Adelaide using Australian steel.

Severe disruption expected as French rail workers strike

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Train operators SNCF say only half of high-speed TGV services set to run on Tuesday in latest all-day stoppage over pay and conditions.

Iran jails French-Iranian woman who came back to visit sick mother

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Nazak Afshar had been living in France since being charged with spying in 2009 and freed after French intervention.

Germany's populist party wants France excluded from Eurozone

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AfD says France and south European countries pose problem to single currency as they have a different political culture from north Europeans.