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The 49-year-old man had earlier asked his downstairs neighbours in the town of Sete to turn down the music at the party they were hosting.

The controversial plans for a 26-billion-euro high-speed rail link between the two countries face opposition from environmental activists.

Proposals to include "ABC of gender equality" lessons for children as young as six and tougher laws on domestic violence and pay equality.

Government backs away from threat to nationalise steelworks, saying it secured promises from owner ArcelorMittal over investment and jobs.

Former IMF boss's lawyers say a resolution with his accuser Nafissatou Diallo has been discussed but no settlement has been agreed.

The announcement that the US fast food chain is set to make a return to France after a 15-year absence has sparked huge interest.

Lawyers for former IMF boss and Nafissitou Diallo, who accused him of sexually assaulting her, are said to have reached agreement in civil case.

France's prestigious art gallery establishes its first provincial branch in a former coal town in the north of the country - and it is 'magnificent'.

French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was unhurt, was detained and brought to a police station where he could face a misdemeanor charge.

Ruling comes two years after another French court fined the airline and held it criminally responsible for the 2000 crash which killed 113.