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Beer, batons and lessons from battle of Marseille
The Pizzeria du Sud was selling record amounts of beer to England fans when a group of Russians in near-military formation burst into square near the Marseille seafront.
France calls for truce in latest Mali fighting
French officials called on Thursday for an immediate truce in Mali after a deadly spate of violence brought on by the rebel seizure of the desert town of Kidal.
France vs the EU: Bitter war of words escalates
An increasingly bitter slanging match between the members of the French government and EU chiefs escalated on Monday as EU Commission José Manuel Barroso compared France's socialist leaders to the far right for using Europe as a 'scapegoat' for its problems.