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Emotional Beckham plays his last match

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David Beckham bade a tearful farewell to his playing career which ended at the PSG Parc des Princes stadium in Paris.

French police arrest British father over childrens' deaths

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A 48 year-old divorced British man is being questioned by police in Lyon on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children.

Pentagon approves sale of drones to France

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France has been given all-clear from US defence chiefs to buy two intelligence-gathering Reaper drones, pending acceptance by Congress.

Hollande signs same-sex marriage bill into law

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The French president has signed into law a bill contested by the opposition making France the 14th country worldwide to legalise gay marriage.

Cannes festival jewellery heist mirrors Hollywood plot

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Thieves got away with a hotel safe containing Chopard jewellery worth $1 million intended as showcase loans to film stars attending the festival.

France's Constitutional Council approves same-sex marriage law

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The Council rejected a UMP conservative opposition party appeal against the bill passed in April, and which will be enacted into law next week.

David Beckham hangs up his boots with Paris St. Germain

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Beckham says his glittering career is over after earning 115 caps for England and playing for six clubs in England, Spain, Italy, America and France.

Man commits suicide in Paris primary school

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The man in his 50s shot himself with a sawn-off shotgun in front of a dozen children at a primary school close to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

London hedge fund boss warns of 'higher plane' French crisis

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Billionaire boss of CQS writes to investors warning French economic and social unrest that could take the eurozone’s troubles 'to a higher plane'.

Hollande calls for eurozone 'government'

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French president urges economic eurozone government with its own budget, the right to borrow, a harmonized tax system and a full-time president.