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Strauss-Kahn at the French Open, June 2013
11/06/2013 - France

Pimping charges against Strauss-Kahn to be dropped

French prosecutors on Tuesday recommended the dismissal of pimping charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, in what could be the end of two years of legal battles and scandal for the former boss of ...

UBS's offices in Zurich
07/06/2013 - France - Switzerland

Switzerland's UBS probed by France over tax-dodgers' accounts

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Swiss bank UBS for helping rich French citizens launder money and dodge taxes.

French former prime minister Pierre Mauroy in 2007.
07/06/2013 - France

French former Socialist prime minister Pierre Mauroy dies, aged 84

Former French prime minister Pierre Mauroy has died at the age of 84.

The coronavirus seen through a microscope
29/05/2013 - France

France sees first death from coronavirus

France's has seen its first death from the the Sars-like coronavirus.

La ministre de la Santé, Marisol Touraine, quitte l'hôpital où est traité le 2e homme infecté par le coronavirus. Lille, le 11 mai 2013.
12/05/2013 - France

Second case confirmed of new Sars-like virus in France

A second case has been confirmed of coronavirus in France, health officials confirmed late Saturday night.

18/04/2013 - France

Cancer patient saves ambulance driver's life

A French cancer sufferer saved his ambulance driver by taking the wheel of the vehicle and driving him to hospital when he suffered a heart attack.

16/04/2013 - France

French interior minister admits lapses in gangster's jailbreak

A lapse in security was responsible for the escape of gangster Redoine Faïd from a jail in northern France at the weekend, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls declared on Tuesday, ...

14/04/2013 - France

Prisoner at large: Manhunt for French robber continues

Around 100 investigators were on a manhunt Sunday for robber Redoine Faïd, after he escaped the Sequedin prison in northern France on Saturday, using explosives and taking four hostages.

13/04/2013 - France

French robber makes dramatic prison break

A well-known robber broke out of a prison in the north of France on Saturday, using explosives and taking several prison guards hostage.

13/03/2013 - France

Thousands blocked on icy roads as France recovers from surprise snowfall

Eurostar and Thalys train services between Paris and London and Brussels resumed on Wednesday as the heavy snow that fell Tuesday began to melt.

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