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'PSG is in my heart': Newcastle midfielder Hatem Ben Arfa hints at possible move to French side
Monday 14 January 2013
Magpies midfielder would be interested in proposal from big spending Ligue 1 team
Parisians march against gay marriage
Sunday 13 January 2013
More than 500,000 people marched against gay marriage in Paris today – the largest gathering of conservative and right-wing protest in France for 30 years.
Britain helps France in Mali conflict
Sunday 13 January 2013
UK sends aircraft to support military campaign against Islamist rebels
Turkey's war hits streets of Paris
Thursday 10 January 2013
Hunt on for killers after three women who supported the Kurdish separatist movement are executed in their office
French tax-the-rich minister 'hid money in Swiss bank'
Tuesday 08 January 2013
The French minister responsible for enforcing new taxes on the rich is to be investigated for tax evasion.
French battle Belgians over invention of ‘les frites’
Thursday 03 January 2013
Neighbours fight for right to be named 'home of the chip'
Yann M'Vila sparks talk of switch to Arsenal
Thursday 03 January 2013
French midfielder open to move away from Rennes
US envoys quit Central African Republic as rebels close in
Friday 28 December 2012
Security concerns deepened in the capital of Central African Republic after the US ambassador and other diplomats were evacuated by plane overnight amid fears rebels could try to take the capital.
Magical memories of 2012 - Cycling: 'Bradley Wiggins' achievement was greatest we have ever seen from a Briton'
Friday 21 December 2012
22 July: Bradley Wiggins wins the Tour de France
Nicolas Sarkozy 'exceeded campaign spending limits'
Friday 21 December 2012
France's electoral finance watchdog rejects ex-president's claim for expenses
Algeria: Colonial past haunts François Hollande
Thursday 20 December 2012
President François Hollande has acknowledged that France’s colonisation of Algeria had been “brutal and unfair” but stopped short of making an apology to the oil-rich North African state.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn fails to have final sex charge thrown out
Wednesday 19 December 2012
The former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, failed today to free himself of his last remaining accusation of sexual misconduct.
French opposition party agrees uneasy truce following internal battle over 'fraudulent' leadership election
Tuesday 18 December 2012
An uneasy peace has broken out in the month-old conflict which threatened to tear apart the main French opposition party.
Tips and deals of the week: Auberge Flora, Stafford Kempinski Horcierge and Panasonic waterproof camcorder
Sunday 16 December 2012
The Hotel
- 1 'He was lucky he didn't die' - George Michael fell out of speeding car onto M1 motorway, according to eye witness
- 2 Gay couple beaten in park urge MPs to moderate language on gay marriage
- 3 After woman sells virginity for $780,000, here are the results of our prostitution survey
- 4 Far-right French historian, 78-year-old Dominique Venner, commits suicide in Notre Dame in protest against gay marriage
- 5 'It was just like the movie Twister': Man survives Oklahoma tornado by taking refuge in horse stall
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