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French mosques in the election front line
France’s main Muslim council says people are being encouraged to engage in their civic duty and denies they are told who to vote for.
Sarkozy tasked with rounding up the right to survive, but Le Pen may not endorse
French leader must unite anti-socialist disparate factions to stand any chance of victory against Francois Hollande.
Hollande has the edge over Sarkozy after first round of France elections
Socialist candidate takes an important step to becoming French president, with official results showing him with 27.5 per cent of votes, to Nicolas Sarkozy's 26.6 per cent.
Brigitte Bardot's take on French candidates gets media play
Former actress Brigitte Bardot's opinions about France's candidates for president attract extravagant attention.
How will Hollande handle France?
Opinion polls are anointing the Socialist candidate as president, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the incumbent, apparently needs a miracle to win the election. But disquiet exists in important corners over Mr Hollande's tax-and-spend plans.
France poised to tax and spend under socialists
France is on the brink of choosing a socialist president for the first time in nearly quarter of a century amid warnings from conservatives that he will be a hostage to the far left.
Hollande's presidential bid will rely on a revelation from the far-left
With a big helping hand from the Morocco-born far-left candidate, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the favourite to win the elections and evict Nicolas Sarkozy from the Elysée is François Hollande.
French football eyes Gulf cash
PSG already has help from the Qataris, but other ambitious clubs such as Lyon, facing a huge rise in salaries, are looking to Abu Dhabi and Dubai for a corporate pick-me-up. And the received wisdom is that results do follow resources.
Anne Sinclair's front-row seat to personal history
Wife of the former IMF chief, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, will take a lead spot in coverage of France's presidential election which her husband was once favoured to win.
Sarkozy crticised for exploiting fears about Islamist violence
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has attracted strong criticism from rivals for the crackdown on alleged extremists.
Storied bank Coutts called to account for lapses
With a customer base of British royals and millionaire celebrities, Coutts has a lofty reputation but has been humbled by recent indiscretions.
Napoleon may join the battle for France's theme-park visitors
"Only Napoleon could be a match for Mickey Mouse", says the director general of the French tourism development agency.
France's DSK has legal trouble on both sides of Atlantic
There are serious potential consequences on each side of the Atlantic for Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Focus moves to France's home-grown extremists
The case of Mohamed Merah, born in France to Algerian parents, demonstrates that the small number of French people who are attracted to murder and martyrdom can be determined and ruthless enough to act.
Politics of French tragedy cannot be ignored
The handling of the murderous campaign of Mohamed Merah that came to end when he was shot dead on Thursday had a political dimension.
