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'As long as the threat is there, we must use all available means' said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls arguing for longterm special powers.

The journalist-turned-author, widow of Marseille's longserving socialist mayor Gaston Deferre, won Goncourt prize with her 1966 novel To Forget Palermo.

President François Hollande told a traditional New Year's meeting with French diplomats that the coalition bombing campaign is to intensify.

The French government plans to replace the AZERTY keyboard, the Gallic equivalent to QWERTY, because it hinders proper French spelling.

French education minister says Muslim pupils must be made aware that 'secularism is not something against them, it protects them'.

An autopsy confirmed death from mechanical asphyxiation after the girl, 3, reportedly swallowed a small plastic wheel toy hidden inside the egg.

The claim made in jihadist group's magazine Dabiq raised speculation the two men may have been suicide bombers who targeted Stade de France.

The renowned 33-year-old died from wounds sustained in Friday's terrorist attack on a hotel and café in the West African country's capital.

Some MPs expressed disquiet at presence of the US actress and animal rights campaigner to back legislation outlawing foie gras production.

Mother of 26-year-old murdered at the Bataclan theatre in attack by a group of mostly Belgian gunmen said Belgium could have arrested them earlier.