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'So much for les trente glorieuses': French nostalgic for prosperity era
If Greece is a far-off country whose internal affairs would not normally receive a second thought, there is growing recognition in France that trouble is looming closer to home.
Five honoured for roles in 'historic changes in Arab world'
The 2011 Sakharvov prize for freedom of thought is shared by two Syrians, an Egyptian, a Libyan and Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian market trader whose dramatic suicide inspired waves of demonstrators in the Arab Spring.
Demise of venerable organ spotlights the crisis of the newspaper trade
France-Soir, a once-mighty newspaper born of the French Résistance, is to cease its publishing its printed edition, and instead become a web-only service.
Frenchwoman taken hostage in Kenya is confirmed dead
France reacts with fury at the "barbarism" of her captors who denied the elderly and disabled woman Marie Dedieu medical attention.
Algerian stamp marks deaths of protesters in Paris in 1961
Algeria issues a stamp to mark the anniversary of the 1961 slaughter of protesters in Paris, nine months before Algeria won independence from France.
President or prison, says Kenza Drider, France's niqab rebel
Kenza Drider, a French Muslim who wears the niqab in defiance of the law, explains what she hopes to achieve by standing as a presidential candidate.
Sarkozy losing luster with French voters as poll looms
While the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is busy on the international stage, support for him in France has crumbled.
Mother of '20th hijacker' wants US to show evidence of his guilt
The mother of the man known as the '20th hijacker' in the 9/11 terrorist attacks is demanding the US show any evidence it has of her son being linked to Al Qaeda and terrorism.
Moussari case lacked evidence, beyond his own admissions
Zacarias Moussaoui was convicted of involvement in September 11, 2001 attacks largely on the basis of his desire to have an active role in terrorist operations.
Crisis could end space-age dreams for European Space Agency
As Europe struggles to get to grips with the debt crisis, the budget for the European Space Agency programme could crash and burn
French banks under the spotlight
Euro Zone: Can French banks exposed to the Greek debt crisis weather the financial storm?
Two women convicted in France for wearing niqabs
Muslim pair fined total of €200 after deliberately defying formal ban on the 'integral' veil introduced earlier this year and becoming first to be prosecuted for breaking new law.
Former French president accused of taking millions from African leaders
A former aide claims Jacques Chirac took $10m from the leaders of five African nations to help finance his presidential campaign in 2002.
G7 talks in Marseille fail to impress Europe's stock markets
If the finance ministers and bank governors meeting in Marseille had an answer to concerns about the global economy, no one told the markets.
G7 criticised as glossing over threats to recovery
G7 finance ministers and central bank officials end a two-day meeting with a pledge to make a "strong and coordinated international response" to the global financial crisis.
