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French café starts charging extra to ‘rude customers’

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A coffee ordered with the phrase ‘bonjour, un café s’il vous plait’ will only cost €1.40, against €7 for just grunting 'un café' to staff at Nice café.

French court case to challenge full-face veil ban

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Lawyers for woman who was arrested in July for wearing the veil are arguing that the 2011 legal ban is discriminatory and unconstitutional.

French forces kill 19 Islamist fighters in north Mali

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Deaths come amid new French military operation aimed at pockets of al Qaeda-linked fighters still holding out across the north of Mali.

Google Cultural Institute's Paris opening snubbed by French minister

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Aurélie Filippetti, who had earlier promised to inaugurate the institute, cancelled at last minute, saying exercise 'still raises questions'.

Hollande arrives in CAR after French soldier’s deaths

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President visits Central African Republic following killing of two soldiers in firefight near main airport during French troops' bid to restore calm.

Founder of French breast implant scandal firm jailed

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Court gives Jean-Claude Mas, founder of PIP which was at centre of global breast implant scare involving 300,000 women, a four-year sentence.

France stages summit to resist rise of English language on TV

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Media watchdog says its aim is to help TV and radio channels be aware of their obligations in defending and promoting the French language.

French soldiers killed in Central African Republic

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The two soldiers, who were killed in the capital Bangui, are the first French deaths since President Hollande deployed 1,600 troops last week.

French court rules e-cigs fall under tobacco monopoly

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In a ruling that could set a precedent, shop is told to stop selling e-cigarettes as it breaches French state rules over sale of tobacco.

EU seeks to stem rising tide of cheap foreign workers

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Labour ministers agree to tougher rules on employing cheap temporary workers from eastern Europe after lobbying from France.