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France won’t overturn ban on Sikh turban

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Days ahead of President Francois Hollande's visit to India, France says it is not going to overturn the ban on Sikh turban in its schools.

Bruce Willis fires salvo at French Socialists’ ‘millionaires tax’

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In France to get Commander of the Arts award, Die Hard star takes swing at socialist president Francois Hollande’s planned 75 percent tax rate.

Horsemeat scandal: France summons meat industry chiefs

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Producers, food processors, distributers, supermarkets and representatives from the food industry meet to discuss growing scandal.

French Communist party says adieu to the hammer and sickle

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PCF to replace the communist symbol on membership cards with five-pointed star of European far left alliance, to the horror of traditionalists.

Air France sued after pilot ‘insults’ king of Morocco

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Moroccan passengers to take airline to court after pilot joked that 'His Majesty the King of Morocco' was delaying their flight from Casablanca.

How conman 'stole our lives': French aristocrats

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Members of an aristocratic family have described how they were brainwashed by a conman, held as virtual prisoners and now live in social housing.

French retailers pull frozen ready-made beef-labelled packs

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Six major French retailers are recalling beef-based frozen meals after the discovery of horsemeat in Findus frozen lasagne dishes.

The precarious position in France of seasonal US PhDs

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US academic teachers in France are, like French academics teaching for US schools in France, akin to seasonal workers with few rights or security.

French police stumped over DNA sex attack link to twin brothers

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Police have arrested 24 year-old twin brothers after DNA tests linked at least one of them to six sexual assaults in Marseille.

Fierce fighting as rebels resurge in northern Mali

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Zones of northern Mali recaptured by French-led forces see rebel resurgence as Mali army struggles to secure parts of Gao and Timbuktu.