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Snow brings travel chaos, with three soldiers travelling to join colleagues departing for the French military operation in Mali killed in road accident.

Options could include new type of levy on the personal data of web surfers that the likes of Google and Facebook use to make money.

Socialist government says it will overhaul pension system again because former president Nicolas Sarkozy failed to ensure its long-term viability.

A 50-year-old man had been paying rent of 330 euros a month for a flat that has a living area of just 1.56 square metres.

French troops' initial clashes have shown that the desert fighters are better trained and equipped than France had expected before intervention.

Move comes as French foreign minister Laurent Fabius warns that the chaos in the African country is a risk for all of Europe.

Al-Shabab says it has killed intelligence agent Denis Allex, who was their hostage, in retaliation for a failed French operation to free him.

Convoy of about 30 armoured vehicles has set out from capital Bamako for Diabaly, 350km to the north, a town captured by the rebels.

Emmanuelle Bodin says contract with state broadcaster was unjustly terminated after she fled Japan at start of Fukushima crisis in March 2011.

France remains McDonald’s most profitable market after US with 1,228 outlets in 934 towns, €4.2 billion sales in 2011 and 66,000 staff.