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Business trip to Iran 'not helpful', Kerry tells France

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US Secretary of State fears that visit by French executives to Tehran will send 'wrong message' over easing of sanctions against Iran.

France to make '1 bn euro tax claim against Google'

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Google refuses to comment on 'rumour' of huge bill following probe into how internet search giant transfers tax liability between different countries.

France announces 1.5-billion-euro anti-cancer plan

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President Hollande says plan includes doubling number of clinical trials for cancer drugs and introducing widespread screening for cervical cancer.

Outrage as French teens film assault on disabled man

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Three youths detained after the mentally-disabled 18-year-old victim, who was physically unhurt in the attack, was pushed into a stream.

Rwandan army captain in landmark French genocide trial

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Pascal Simbikangwa is the first Rwandan to be tried in France in relation to the 1994 genocide that left up to 800,000 dead.

France puts off law after 'family values' protest

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Day after more than 100,000 marched against 'family phobia', government delays bill to modernise the law to reflect new 'diversity' of families.

Anelka gesture comic Dieudonne banned from UK

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Home Office has barred entry to the French comedian, who had been due to visit his friend the West Bromwich Albion striker Nicolas Anelka.

Queen Elizabeth II to make state visit to France

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The British monarch will attend commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy in north-west France.

Hackers access 800,000 Orange customers' data

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The French telecommunications giant says no passwords were stolen in the attack but some personal details of customers were accessed.

Tour de France to host one-day women's competition

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The one-day women's competition will be held on the same day and circuit as the men's three-week race finale on Paris' Champs-Elysées.