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French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a visit to a social housing building site Thursday to highlight his work on this key election issue - but according to builders at the site, many of the ?workers? Sarkozy met on the tour had been bussed in.
A French court has rejected an appeal by the Church of Scientology, upholding 2009 fraud charges and a 600,000 euro fine for convincing members into spending tens of thousands of euros.
Some 130 French parliamentarians have lodged an appeal with the country?s constitutional court to overturn a controversial bill that would criminalise denying that the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in Turkey was genocide.
Presidential frontrunner François Hollande will visit the UK in February to seek votes from French expatriates, but London will be all ears after the Socialist candidate reportedly ?declared war? on the financial district, the City.
A French commercial court ruled Wednesday that Google Maps had abused its dominant business position to undercut competitors and ordered the US Internet giant to pay 500,000 euros to the plaintiff in the case.
India's decision to choose France's Dassault Aviation firm to supply 126 fighters is just the start of a long path strewn with red tape, analysts say, as India will likely insist on participation from its defence industry.
Former French defence minister and Socialist Party nationalist Jean-Pierre Chevenement dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday, with the latest polls showing him with zero percent of the vote.
French Prime Minister François Fillon announced that France has halved its 2012 growth forecast Monday, adding pressure on incumbent President Sarkozy's hopes for reelection just a day after he revealed measures to help jumpstart the economy.
British Prime Minister David Cameron warned Monday that France's banks will flee to Britain if French President Nicolas Sarkozy goes ahead with plans to levy a 0.1% tax on financial transactions. Cameron called the French tax proposal "mad".
A French judge is to continue his probe into the deaths of 10 French soldiers in an ambush in Afghanistan in 2008, following an appeals court ruling Monday. The families of the victims claim the soldiers were ill-equipped at the time of the attack.
France?s plans for an early withdrawal from Afghanistan drew criticism from Kabul on Saturday, with experts and lawmakers accusing French President Nicolas Sarkozy of putting politics ahead of Afghans' safety.
Two days after US President Barack Obama put tax reform at the heart of his re-election campaign, France's Socialist nominee François Hollande pledged to raise levies on banks, big firms and the rich to plough the country out of debt.
Off-the-record comments by French President Nicolas Sarkozy about his potential defeat in forthcoming presidential elections, which were made public by the French press, have left observers pondering the true purpose of the remarks.
Centrist candidate Hervé Morin (pictured) has failed to rally much support ahead of France's upcoming presidential election, but one epic gaffe could mean the coup de grace for his campaign.
Under French law, presidential hopefuls need the backing of 500 mayors to become bona fide candidates. Political parties out of the mainstream say the practice is undemocratic.
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