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Briton on Paris murder charge released on bail

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Businessman Ian Griffin, to stand trial for the murder of his girlfriend in a luxury Paris hotel, is bailed from jail amid outcry from victim's family.

US pensioner climbs crane in France over granddaughter visiting rights

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The 70 year-old climbed a 30-metre crane in southern France to demand a court enforces visiting rights allegedly refused by the girl's mother

'World needs more dictators like Chavez' declares French minister

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Vistorin Lurel, representing France at the funeral of late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, compared him to Charles de Gaulle and Léon Blum.

Bank of France sees 0.1% first-quarter growth

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France should avoid slipping into recession in the first quarter, but growth is well below government forecast on which deficit target was set.

Women's Day marked by political catfight in France

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President Hollande’s former partner Ségolène Royal is accused by leading conservative opposition politician of relying on her ex to get ahead.

State funeral ceremony for 'Time for Outrage' author Stéphane Hessel

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President François Hollande led a ceremony at the Invalides in homage to the Resistance veteran and political campaigner who died last week.

French mother on trial for dressing son in 'I am a bomb' T-shirt

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The woman sent her son, born on September 11 and who is called Jihad, to nursery school in a T-shirt bearing the words 'I am a bomb'.

Hollande says Islamist 'leaders' killed in Mali

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French president does not name 'terrorist leaders' killed in recent fighting in Mali, where a fourth member of French forces died on Wednesday.

Sarkozy raises prospect of again running for presidency

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Former president Nicolas Sarkozy says he may be forced by 'serious events' to run for president once again in 2017, 'for the sake of France'.

French school boat rape trial opens decades after complaints

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A former child psychotherapist who founded so-called boat schools is tried for rape and sexual abuse against 10 pupils in the 1980s and 1990s.