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Couple arrested after malnourished child found in car boot

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French investigators unraveling the harrowing case of an infant girl found in the boot of a car believe she may have been hidden there since birth.

France on alert as hurricane-force storm heads for northern Europe

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France, Britain, Ireland and the Benelux countries are threatened by a major storm sweeping over the Atlantic and which threatens severe damage.

Fraud surveillance weakens as French customs forces dwindle

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French customs staff numbers and ressources are falling sharply, mirroring an EU-wide decline in monitoring of surveillance of import traffic.

French government backtracks on tax hikes for savings accounts

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Budget minister Bernard Cazeneuve says a bill raising taxes on popular savings accounts will be amended after a wave of protest over recent tax hikes.

Greenpeace activist in Eiffel Tower stunt protest over Russia arrests

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The man suspended himself in a tent from the second floor of the monument in protest against Russia's detention of 30 of the group's members.

Street artists create vast art installation in condemned Paris tower

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An entire apartment block in the French capital is made a giant canvas for 105 international street artists  prior to its demolition in 2014.

Last car leaves PSA Aulnay plant

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Vehicle assembly at struggling carmaker PSA's historic plant of Aulnay-sous-Bois near Paris ends ahead of total closure of the factory next year.

'France spied on me', claims Madeleine Albright

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Former US Secretary of State says she discovered the eavesdroppingon after French diplomat referred to confidential conversation.

France, Germany warn anti-terrorism cooperation hit by NSA scandal

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François Hollande and Angela Merkel lead a push at the EU summit in Brussels to reshape transatlantic spying and agree a new code of conduct.

Hollande insists French unemployment rate is stabilising

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Despite jobless numbers rising last month by the highest margin since early 2009, the French president said figures showed 'a clear deceleration'.