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After BA, Eurostar bars obese Frenchman

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The clinically obese 22 year-old, travelling home from the US after receiving medical teatment, was forced to cross the Channel by ferry.

French football team fights back for World Cup qualification

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France's national football team beat Ukraine in an unlikely turnaround in a two-match fight for a place in the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.

Frenchman among Greenpeace activists granted bail in Russia

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Francesco Pisanu and eight other activists granted bail were among 30 arrested for a protest against Arctic drilling at an offshore Russian oil rig.

Police find Paris gunman's DNA, issue clearer photo of suspect

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Police searching a lone gunman who raided two media offices, leaving one man seriously wounded, issue full-face photo of the suspect. 

IKEA France directors questioned by police over client and staff 'snooping'

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Directors of the furniture store chain were questioned about allegations the company illegally used police files to spy on staff and customers.

French rocker returns to music scene 10 years after murder

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Bertrand Cantat, frontman of French band Noir Désir, this week releases his first record since murdering his girlfriend Marie Trintignant.

Hollande calls for an end to Israeli settlements in West Bank

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The French President, speaking in Ramallah after visiting Israel on Sunday, warned that the settlements threatened already fragile peace talks.

Gunman attacks French newspaper and bank offices

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Paris manhunt launched after a photographer was seriously wounded in attacks on daily Libération and the Societe Generale bank HQ.

French firebrand industry minister appeals for British 'phlegm'

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Arnaud Montebourg, outspoken minister in the embattled socialist government, urges inspiration from an unlikely source...Britain.

French president Hollande's popularity at new low in Ifop poll

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The approval rating for the French head of state fell to a new low of 20 percent, the worst for a French president since the poll started in 1958.