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French Korean-born minister in landmark Seoul visit

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Fleur Pellerin has begun a highly anticipated visit  to the land of her birth, where her success story is a source of public pride, admiration and curiosity.

France says studying all options for supertax on wealthy

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French finance ministers seek to revive controversial supertax on the wealthy after a proposed 75 percent levy on millionaires was shot down.

Frenchman arrested for impersonating pilot in cockpit at Philadelphia airport

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Philippe Jernnard from La Rochelle was on a US Airways plane bound for Florida when the flight crew found him in the jump seat behind the pilot.

Nicolas Sarkozy under investigation for 'exploiting' L'Oréal heiress

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If found guilty former French president could face jail and fine for 'taking advantage' of Liliane Bettencourt, France's richest woman.

What the butler saw crucial as Sarkozy back before judge

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Former president Nicolas Sarkozy was hauled back before a judge over claims he accepted envelopes stuffed with cash from France's richest woman.

French anti-racism groups sue Twitter for $50 million

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Two French organisations have filed criminal charges against the US-based website for refusing to hand over the details of users violating French law.

Recession stalks France as business slump hits crisis levels

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Survey says business activity shrank in March at fastest pace in four years, probably plunging euro zone's second-biggest economy into a recession.

French minister orders custom checks on US company tyres in spat

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News of tightening of checks on Titan tyres comes after row last month in which the US firms's CEO Maurice Taylor mocked France's work ethics.

IMF head Lagarde's flat searched in Bernard Tapie probe

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As finance minister, she referred his long-running dispute with bank Credit Lyonnais to an arbitration panel which awarded him 400m euros damages.

French Mali hostage 'killed' by al-Qaeda

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Al-Qaeda's North African offshoot claims that it killed businessman Philippe Verdon on 10 March in retaliation for France's intervention in Mali.