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French rail strike to paralyse train services Thursday

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After a French air traffic controllers' strike caused two days of chaos in the skies, rail services will be hard hit by an unrelated strike Thursday.

French prosecutor calls for no charges to be brought against DSK in pimping sex-ring case

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Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who took part in group orgies in France and the US, claims he didn't know the women were prostitutes. 

French air traffic controllers begin three-day strike

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The strike against EU plans to create single European airspace has caused cancellations of about 1,800 flights to and from France.

'Suspicious' death in France after medicine alert

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Man's death came two days after medicines watchdog ANSM asked pharmacies to stop selling a batch of diuretic that may contain a sedative.

Euro crisis is over, says France's Francois Hollande

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Despite high unemployment and recession, French president tells Japanese business leaders the four-year financial crisis that gripped EU is past.

Man faces preliminary manslaughter charge over death of anti-fascist activist in Paris brawl

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Three others are being investigated for group violence and a fourth for complicity in group violence over death of left-wing activist Clément Méric.

France to shut far-right group after student death

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The group to be shut down, the Revolutionary Nationalist Youths, is the militant wing of a broader far-right movement known as the "Third Way".

Why France is gearing up for a culture war with the United States

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France says that it will not start negotiations on transatlantic trade talks if cultural industries are not excluded from the start.

France's President Hollande confuses Japan and China

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The embarrassing slip of the tongue, which the president did not correct, came when he was speaking in French at a news conference in Tokyo.

After student killing, France bans far-right rally

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Toulouse's socialist mayor expressed concern about planned torchlight march to commemorate victory of a Christian army in 721 over Muslims.