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Germany and France plan secure new data network

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Germany's Angela Merkel to discuss with Francois Hollande a European solution to avoid emails and other information passing through the US.

Christiane Taubira on French identity crisis: 'France is in distress'

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Justice minister says there is a 'kind of rage' in France and that it needs to regain its 'sense of history and its capacity to live together'.

Spotlight on ex-first lady Bruni as France's Sarkozy eyes comeback

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Political watchers and brand analysts say 46-year-old singer and former model Carla Bruni is still the perfect foil to the ex-president.

Exiled Ukrainian activist assaulted in France

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Amnesty International reports that the campaigner for anti-government protesters demonstrating in Ukraine was bound and stabbed in Strasbourg.

Map records the facts of Jewish children lost to German extermination camps

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An online interactive map is available to chart the location of every child deported from France between July 1942 and August 1944.

France faces up to scandal of stolen children from its overseas territory

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The French parliament will this week vote upon recognition of children kidnapped from La Réunion used to boost France's rural population.

Storm Ulla batters Brittany, leaves fishing industry deeper in crisis

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Fresh storms cause havoc across north-west France, with power lines down, roads blocked and the region's key fishing industry at a standstill.

French chefs up in arms over ‘food porn’

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Leading French chefs have expressed outrage over a trend of posting photos of their 'intellectual property' on social media.

France returns to growth

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The French national statistics institute reported the country's economy expanded by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2013, more than expected.

Western France back on storm alert

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After enduring weeks of storms and flooding, France's western seabord faces a fresh battering from strong winds, heavy rainfall and high tides.