KABUL — One week after four French troops were killed by a rogue Afghan soldier, prompting President Nicolas Sarkozy to suspend military operations in Afghanistan, France will sign a bilateral agreement outlining its commitment here over the next two decades. Read full article > >

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France agrees to two decades of support in Afghanistan, despite attack on its troops

Jean-Claude Mas, the founder of a French company that made hundreds of thousands of breast implants from industrial-grade silicon was arrested early on Thursday.

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French Police Arrest Founder of Breast Implant Maker

The owner of a French breast implant maker at the centre of an international safety scare is arrested in the south of France, police sources say.

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PIP breast implant boss arrested

Turkey reacts with anger after the French Senate approves a bill making it a crime to deny genocide was committed by Turks against Armenians in World War I.

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Turkey vents fury at French vote

The French Senate approves a controversial bill that makes it a criminal offence to deny that Turks committed genocide against Armenians during World War I.

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French Senate passes genocide law

After four French soldiers killed Friday.

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France Threatens Pullout in Afghanistan

Four French troops are shot dead and 16 wounded in northern Afghanistan in an incident involving a soldier from the Afghan National Army.

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French shot dead in Afghanistan

An Oxford academic has uncovered letters by Voltaire, which reveal how much this icon of French writing profited financially and intellectually from a stay in England.

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Voltaire’s English letters found

An Oxford academic has uncovered letters by Voltaire, which reveal how much this icon of French writing profited financially and intellectually from a stay in England.

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Voltaire’s English letters found

The recent downgrade of French debt, though not unexpected, adds to the challenges facing the incumbent, Nicolas Sarkozy, as he seeks re-election.

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France’s Gloomy Economic Outlook Haunts Presidential Race

In bizarre new ad “The French Connection.”

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Newt Jabs Romney For Speaking French

To French actor Olivier Martinez.

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Report: Halle Berry Engaged

Surgeons aged 35-50 are safer than younger and older colleagues, claim French researchers.

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Mid-career surgeons ‘are safest’

Ferry firm SeaFrance is to shed 127 jobs in the UK and hundreds more in France after it is liquidated by a French court.

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Hundreds of SeaFrance jobs to go

David Beckham is set to stay with the Los Angeles Galaxy after turning down a chance to join Paris Saint-Germain, the French club said Tuesday.

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Beckham to Remain in Los Angeles