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Renault aims to cut 7,500 posts in France

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Cuts representing 14 per cent of French Renault staff designed to help boost competitiveness as slump in domestic and European market continues.

France to pay EDF $6.57 billion

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French government caught in difficult situation as its pledge to defend households' spending power conflicts with aim to boost renewable energies.

Mali conflict: UN backs France's military intervention

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he hopes the intervention will help restore "Mali's constitutional order and territorial integrity".

France's Mali intervention a risk for 'new' Hollande

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The rapidity of the intervention in Mali has revealed a man capable of bold and dangerous decisions but the fallout is potentially enormous.

Second French soldier 'dies after Somalia raid'

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Islamist militants say second French soldier was killed during a failed hostage rescue attempt, publishing a purported photograph of the commando.

France pledges marriage equality despite protests

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Justice minister says the referendum on same-sex marriage demanded by many opponents would be unconstitutional and says bill will go ahead.

Protestors against gay marriage mass at Eiffel Tower

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Several hundred thousand people marched in Paris to protest against French president's plan to legalize gay marriage and adoption by June.

Mali: Britain sends planes to help French

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Britain will provide transport planes to assist the French military operation in Mali, as France attempts to contain al Qaeda-linked rebels.

Hollande steps up France security over Mali and Somalia

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French president orders security to be stepped up around public buildings and transport because of military operations in Africa.

French soldier killed and hostage feared dead in Somalia

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Defence minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says a second soldier is missing after a rescue bid in which commandos swooped on the town of Bulo Marer.