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Threat of strike recalls France's 1968 turmoil
Hospitals, postal services, public transport and schools are likely to be severely disrupted as French worry about their retirement funds.
Robert Plant: Band of Joy
The veteran musicians latest project proves yet again that there is a robust musical life after Led Zeppelin.
Algerians in a football league of their own
League of 32 teams and two divisions has been structured to meet Fifa's requirements and banish memories of World Cup qualifier chaos.
Is French holiday de rigueur again?
The global economic crisis hit French tourism hard. But this year the world's premier tourist destination hopes to bounce back to regain its je ne sais quoi.
France looking to Middle East visitors
The average length of stay in France by Middle East visitors in 2008 was 9.4 days, ahead of European and Asian travellers.
Distrust on both sides fuels ethnic tensions
The police shooting of a supermarket robber triggered three nights of rioting in a normally quiet Alpine city, a reflection of growing tensions among the country's ethnic minorities.
Donations to burqa fine fund reach ?200,000
The fund aims to raise ?1 million to pay the fines of Muslim women punished under France's new law barring face-covering veils.
Sarkozy swims against tide of sleaze
The French president tries to allay public fears of rampant corruption.
Shades of Arabia for the Louvre
Experts at the Paris museum are busy preparing an exhibition of Islamic artefacts from Saudi Arabia.
France's top Muslim leader seeks doubling of country's mosques to 4,000
Rector of the Grande Mosque of Paris tells French: 'Open a mosque and you close a prison.'
France sells off royal estates
The unprecedented sell-off of state-owned properties range from an elegant 18th century hunting lodge to a woodland retreat with no electricity.
BP chief's gushing mouth
He meant to apologise for one of the world's worst oil spillages but ended up saying the unsayable. Colin Randall on a petrochemical boss on the back foot.
French World Cup crisis turns into affair of state
As the enfants terribles return to face angry fans, some suggest the French president's public involvement is absurd.
Economic angst envelops eurozone
Greece may be the epicentre of the financial crisis afflicting Europe, but severe tremors are being felt across most of the eurozone as one country after another comes to terms with the need for far-reaching economies.
French fans suffer a bout of Les Bleus
Politicians indignant, media outraged and question marks over future sponsorship after players revolt over striker's expulsion.
