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'No Champagne' at Renault as Tavares takes the wheel at Peugeot-Citroën

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Former Renault N°2, Carlos Tavares, is appointed boss of rival PSA Peugeot-Citroën after an acrimonious departure from his former employer.

Number of French Jews emigrating to Israel soars

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The first nine months of 2013 saw numbers of French Jews emigrating to Israel rise 49% year-on year, while average rise from all countries was 1%.

France sends 1,000 troops to crisis-hit Central African Republic

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The peace-keeping force will join another 420 French troops already on the ground amid fears that the CAR is on the brink of a bloody civil war.

No frills: US photographer's haunting pictures of Paris in 1946

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LIFE magazine republishes a selection of photographer Ed Clark's compelling black and white portraits of a city exhausted by war.

Elderly couple's 'suicide' in top Paris hotel reignites euthanasia debate

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The bodies of the couple, both aged 86 and who had apparently meticulously planned their suicide, were found holding hands in their hotel room.

French intelligence 'plotted to grab Abu Hamza on London streets'

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A French plan to kidnap and kill the extremist cleric was result of frustration at lack of cooperation with UK authorities, a report claims.

Riding stables mount Paris protest against VAT rise

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Thousands of owners and supporters of horse-riding schools invaded streets of Paris in protest over an imminent 13% hike in VAT charges.

Hollande talks up France's tough stand behind Iran nuclear deal

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The French President claimed a victory for his country's 'key role' in the terms of an international deal reached on Iran's nuclear programme.

Draft law on prostitution before French parliament this week

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A bill of law which scraps a ban on solliciting on streets but which criminalises prostitutes' clients is to be debated in the National Assembly.

Popular French movie director Georges Lautner dies aged 87

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The director of huge box office successes, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Jean Gabin and Alain Delon, died at home in Paris.