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No supertax exemption for French soccer clubs says government

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Prime minister's office denies reports that football clubs would avoid revamped 75-percent supertax on salaries above 1 million euros.

Doctor for French "Survivor" kills himself after contestant dies

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Thierry Costa, 38, who took his life in Cambodia where series was filmed left a note saying he had been unfairly criticised over the contestant's death.

France expands access to abortion

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The French state will now reimburse 100 percent of the cost of abortions while teenage girls will be offered free and anonymous contraception.

Germany and France shun UK survey

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Blow for UK premier David Cameron as Paris and Berlin refuse to take part in review of power balance between EU and national parliaments.

French Muslims anxious over widening of headscarf ban

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President François Hollande wants a new law that could extend to the private sector restrictions on the wearing of prominent religious symbols.

French and Malian troops engaged by Islamists in Timbuktu

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French and Malian troops were engaged this weekend in a battle with Islamist rebels who resurfaced in the northern Mali town of Timbuktu.

Behind same-sex marriage furore, one man's tale of homophobia in France

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FRANCE 24 recounts the story of Antoine, who was just 17 when he was kicked out of his home in France after coming out as gay.

Eight dead in separate building blazes in France

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Five children died overnight Saturday in a blaze during a visit to their divorced father, while three squatters perished in a blaze near Paris.

Eiffel Tower evacuated amid bomb threat

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An anonymous call threateneing an attack on the Eiffel Tower in Paris caused the evacuation of more than 1,400 people Saturday evening.

Ten year-old private Muslim school now tops the class

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France's first private Muslim school to follow the national curriculum, the Lycée Averroès, has become one of the country's top-rated schools.