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GE pledges to keep Alstom nuclear unit in France

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The US company, bidding for Alstom's energy arm, said it would satisfy French government's demand that nuclear unit remain in France.

France ups security at Jewish sites following Brussels shootings

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The move came after the murders of an Israeli couple and a Frenchwoman at the Brussels Jewish museum and an anti-Semitic attack near Paris.

Toulouse gunman's sister 'may have joined Jihad in Syria'

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French interior minister says Souad Merah, whose brother shot dead seven people in south-west France in 2012, is believed to be in Syria.

French far-right hoping to build on disillusions with EU

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France's far-right Front National party is tipped to make important gains from mainstream Right in Sunday's European Parliament elections.

'Selfie' makes its way into France's famed dictionary

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Le Petit Robert, France’s most respected dictionary, has included 'selfie' in its next edition and can now be used in French school exam papers.

Briton makes history as member of the Académie Française

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British poet and academic Sir Michael Edwards is the first Briton to be admitted to the academy which rules over the French language. 

DNA tests fail to solve French school rape case

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No DNA from 539 male pupils and staff matched genetic material on the clothing of a teenage girl who said she was raped in a dark bathroom.

Jean-Marie Le Pen says Ebola virus 'can solve immigration problems'

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At a meeting in Marseille, the founder of France's far-right Front National party said the virus could save France from 'submersion'.

Sarkozy demands EU 'suspend Schengen'

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Former French president says borderless travel zone in Europe must be frozen until countries within it agree common immigration laws.

Monaco 'vice princess' dies after gun attack

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Wealthy property heiress Hélène Pastor, 77, has died two weeks after being shot by mysterious assailants outside a Rivera hospital.