The port at Larmor-Baden in Brittany. Photo: Damien Boilley
For months the people of the tiny seaside hamlet of Larmor-Baden in Brittany have been living in fear as a serial arsonist has burned down properties at will. On Wednesday French police appeared to have made a breakthrough.
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The Catholic shrine of Lourdes, Haute-Pyrénées under 1.4 metres of water after severe flooding in south-western France, which claimed its victim in the early hours of Wednesday. Photo: P. Pavani/AFP
Flash floods in south west France claimed their second victim on Wednesday when a 75-year-old man was swept away to his death in the raging waters. The flooded Catholic shrine of Lourdes was like 'a scene from a disaster movie' according to one hotel owner.
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Photo Rorro Navia/Damien Varron
A team of French entrepreneurs have used the latest technology to help promote safe sex in France by creating a smartphone app to help randy lovers find their nearest condom dispenser.
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Karim Benzema (left) with French team mate Franck Ribery (right) and Zahia Dehar the former call girl at the centre of the scandal. Photo: Franck Fife/AFP / ZahiaOfficiel
French football stars Franck Ribery and Karim Benzema, went on trial on Tuesday, accused of paying to have sex with then underage call-girl Zahia Dehar. The process was adjourned until January, however, on a legal technicality.
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Guards patrol a prison in Marseille. This week, official figures revealed the number of prisoners incarcerated in France has reached an all-time high. Photo: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP
France has more inmates behind bars than ever before, it was revealed this week, prompting hundreds of prison guards to assemble in front of more than 100 jails on Tuesday, in protest against over-crowding and safety concerns.
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Photo: Bruce Guenter
Much of the west and south west of France remained on alert on Tuesday with storms and heavy rain expected to hit the region, just a day after hailstorms wreaked havoc for wine growers in one part of the country.
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File photo: Philippe Huguen/AFP
Much of south west France and parts of Normandy in the north of the country remained on storm alert on Monday with hailstorms and heavy rain expected to batter the region until Tuesday night.
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Lawyers for a French consular official in southern India accused of raping his three-year-old daughter said
Saturday DNA samples prove his client was innocent of any crime.
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Pope Francis and the head of the Anglican Church, Justin Welby. Photo: Allesandra Tarantino/AFP
Pope Francis urged French members of parliament to shun "fashions" in legislation, a day after the pontiff spoke
out against gay marriage.
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Serge Ayoub, leader of the French far-right Revolutionary Nationalist Youth (JNR). Photo: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Saturday ordered the "dissolution" of a far-right group allegedly linked to the death of a left-wing student in a Paris street brawl.
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Photo: Jacques Demarthon/AFP
French authorities detained five people late Friday in connection with the death of a leftist student activist following a skinhead attack that sent shock waves across the country.
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There was a slight increase in French optimism about the economy last month. Photo: Joel Saget/AFP
Despite continued record unemployment and stagnant growth, France's economic mood brightened somewhat in June, said a poll published on Thursday. However, 70 percent of the French still doubt the country's financial future.
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The French government is reportedly planning a never-before-seen hike in cigarette prices, with a 40-cents increase by October. Cabinet infighting between the finance and health ministries was resolved with a nudge from the president.
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The IMF of June 4th downgraded their forecast for French growth in 2013-2014. File photo: Images of money/Flickr
The IMF has warned France to expect a heavier contraction of its GDP than previously estimated, but added on a positive note that household savings could buoy French demand until growth resumes by the end of 2013.
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Members of the FNLC (Corsican National Liberation Front) in 1997. On June 4th the separatist group vowed to "take up arms again" against France. Photo: Michel Domino/AFP
Things on the Mediterranean island of Corsica appeared to have taken yet another turn for the worse on Tuesday, when Corsican separatists the FNLC vowed to "take up arms again" against France.
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