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Former UK soldier cleared of 'people smuggling' charge by French court

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Rob Lawrie was instead given a fine for placing a child in danger after trying leave Calais for the UK last october with a 4-year-old Afghan girl.

Renault sites raided in exhaust emmissions fraud probe

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Renault shares fell sharply on news that inspectors raided three sites near Paris, but carmaker and energy minister insisted no 'defeat device' was found. 

Teacher facing manslaughter probe over French Alps school trip deaths

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The teacher led his pupils onto a closed black piste where two of the teenagers and a nearby tourist died after becoming engulfed in an avalanche.

Three dead after Alps avalanche engulfs French school group and tourist

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Five members of a school ski party were still misssing hours after the avalanche at the Deux Alpes resort, while four others were seriously injured.

Scientists unravel Marie Antoinette's 'love letters' to Swedish count

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French researchers using new technology unmask romantic letters between C18th French queen and Axel de Fersen which were censored by ink stains.

Three Paris attack safe houses discovered in Belgium

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Belgian prosecutors said DNA and fingerprint evidence showed Paris terrorists used apartments and a house situated in Brussels, Charleroi and Auvelais.

General Electric announces 6,500 job cuts across Europe, 765 in France

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The cuts follow GE's purchase of France's Alstom energy unit, but Paris warns US firm it must stick by pledge to replace lost jobs with new ones.

France bans three Islamic organisations

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Government spokesman said the groups, which ran a mosque shut down after the Paris terrorist attacks, were 'clearly taking action to incite jihad.'

French Jewish leaders argue over skullcap advice after machete attack

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Leader of the Jewish community in Marseille advises removing skullcap to avoid anti-Semitic violence, while France's chief rabbi disagreed.

French Goodyear firm workers jailed for sequestrating managers

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An Amiens court gave eight strikers protesting plant closure nine months in prison for unlawful confinement of two managers in January 2014.