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EU Rehn: France has much more to do on economic reform

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EU's economics chief says France going in right direction but needs to say how increases in labour costs due to pension reforms will be compensated.

French Fukushima cartoon offends Japan

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Tokyo to lodge complaint with French embassy over newspaper cartoon linking nuclear disaster and 2020 Olympics bid.

Scheme helps young French jobless record video CVs

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Recordings of CVs aimed at helping youngsters from poorer areas where up to 40 per cent of people under 25 are without a job.

Supermarket pregnancy tests irk French pharmacies

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Chemists worried over their monopoly as new law set to pave way for sale of pregnancy test kits in supermarkets and convenience stores.

Rwanda genocide: France to release suspect Serubuga

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French court has ordered the release of a former Rwandan colonel, wanted by the African nation for his alleged role in the 1994 genocide.

France unveils sweeping plan to revive flagging industrial base

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President François Hollande sets out 10-year industrial policy based on 34 sectors, from renewable energy to robotics and medical biotech.

France investigates public transport chief in 'Karachi' probe

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Pierre Mongin, chief of staff of former prime minister Edouard Balladur, has been placed under formal investigation by magistrates.

France’s ex-budget minister faces probe over assets

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Disgraced former minister Jérôme Cahuzac placed under formal investigation for allegedly failing to fully disclose his financial holdings to state.

French court orders pig squeal payout

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Piggery owners told to compensate former worker who became deaf partly as result of the incessant squeals of the animals he looked after.

Calls to free French jeweller who killed armed robber

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Shop owner in Nice in the south of France was under arrest after he shot and killed one of two armed robbers who raided his premises.