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Emergency meeting called after latest shootings in Marseille

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Interior minister Manuel Valls calls for crisis meeting after two fatal shootings in Marseille, where 15 people have already been murdered this year.

French unemployment now above 3 million, but rise slows

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Number of French jobless reaches above 3.0 million in the second quarter, but the unemployment rate rose by only 0.1 percentage point.

French opposition accuse Hollande of isolating France over Syria

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Conservative UMP party accuses French government of a 'fundamental' doctrine change that puts in danger France's influence on the world stage.

French parliament debates Syria intervention, without a vote

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A stormy debate laid bare deep conflicts in French political opinion over President Hollande’s plan to join the US in air strikes against Syria.

French and German presidents mark SS massacre in Oradour-sur-Glane

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The heads of state visited the ghost village in central France where, in June 1944, German troops slaughtered 642 people, including 207 children.

Censorship row over 'simpleton' Hollande photo

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State-supported French press agency AFP is accused of censorship after binning a photo of president Hollande in which he ressembles a village idiot.

Recovering French banks face new challenge ahead

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Once shunned for exposure to debt in Greece and Italy, French bank stocks were top pick this year, but future competitivity doubts now cloud future.

Tour de France cyclists 'live longer' than general population

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Study finds French riders in the Tour de France live an average six years longer than the general population and die less of cardiovascular problems.

Assad warns France against 'explosion' of Middle East

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Syrian president Bashar al-Assad warns the Middle East could “explode” if the US and France pressed ahead with threatened air strikes.

PSA sales tumble on home market in August

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New car sales in France in August contracted 11% year-on-year, with Peugeot-Citroën, the country's largest volume producer, bearing the brunt.