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Paris prosecutor opens probe into Sarkozy aide spying allegations

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The probe follows media report that Claude Guéant used France's intelligenc services to spy on a conservative rival in 2012 general elections.

Gay Air France cabin crew demand right to opt out of Iran flights

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Gay cabin crew staff demand the right to refuse to fly to Iran where they could be 'killed for who they are', ahead of a resumption of the route next week.

Toll of mine attack on French soldiers in Mali rises to three dead

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One soldier was killed instantly and two more have died from wounds sustained when their armoured vehicle set off a landmine in northern Mali.

French soldier killed, three others wounded, by landmine in Mali

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The French defence ministry said a convoy of vehicles was heading north from Gao when a mine exploded under the lead vehicle.

'Caravaggio masterpiece' found in loft in south-west France

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The C17th work, which depicts Biblical heroine Judith beheading an Assyrian general, is thought to have gone missing about 100 years after it was painted.

Luxembourg offers to part-fund closure of French nuclear plant

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Luxembourg's PM Xavier Bettel told his visiting French counterpart that a problem at the nearby Cattenom plant could "wipe the duchy off the map".

Air France pledges crew hires, flexibility, if pilots work more

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The airline's proposed deal to SNPL union would see pilots work up to 10% more on same pay, while an extra 600 pilots would be hired by 2020. 

French PM offers students new concessions to defuse labour law revolt

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A package of financial measures for students and first-time job seekers, costing around 500 million euros, met with approval from main students' union.

Dismantled Brussels terror cell 'intended second attack in Paris'

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Belgian prosecutors say Mohamed Abrini, who has admitted being third Brussels airport bomber, said the group changed target after arrest of Salah Abdeslam.

France's all-night Nuit Debout protests roll on - back in time

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The sit-ins which began in central Paris on March 31st, spreading across France and to abroad, refuse April can begin until society is overhauled.