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France

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Viva La France !|

Former French Pres Nicolas Sarkozy is elected leader of his center-right party, Union for a Popular Movement, victory that can serve as a steppingstone for his 2017 bid to become president of France again.|

Two men and a woman are questioned by police in France after being arrested in possession of two drones near Belleville-sur-Loire nuclear power plant.|

France's Defense Min Jean-Yves Le Drian asserts that two warships France agreed to sell Russia may never be delivered; $1.5 million deal was criticized by the West after Russian intervention in Ukraine.|

French foreign minister Laurent Fabius becomes the first in that post to attend a German cabinet meeting; France and Germany are making a concerted effort to improve the atmosphere between the Continent’s most important pair of countries.|

Remarkable discovery of previously unknown folio of Shakespeare's plays in a small library of northern France brings total of surviving first folios to 233; books, each one different, are intensely scrutinized by scholars and are prized for what they reveal about the playwright's intentions.|

Amid tensions over Ukraine, France continues to delay the delivery of a Mistral-class warship, one of two ordered by Russia and built in the French port city of Saint-Nazaire.|

Amid tensions over Ukraine, France continues to delay the delivery of a Mistral-class warship, one of two ordered by Russia and built in the French port city of Saint-Nazaire.|

France's Defense Min Jean-Yves Le Drian asserts that two warships France agreed to sell Russia may never be delivered; $1.5 million deal was criticized by the West after Russian intervention in Ukraine.|

Photos from Pakistan, Australia, France and the United States.|

Record haul of cocaine, found in suitcases in Paris on a Air France flight arriving from Venezuela, raises multitude of questions about the security of the baggage scanning system and the possibility of collusion by either airport or airline staff members both in Venezuela and France.|

Alexander Lobrano Travel article describes trip to Seine-et-Marne region of France to taste and enjoy region's fine cheeses.|

Many of the largest European countries, including France and Italy, are now rebelling against the German gospel of belt-tightening and calling for more radical steps to reverse their slumping fortunes.|

As one pilots' strike in Europe ends another begins. This time Lufthansa pilots are staging a 15-hour stoppage in Germany. After the costly strike at Air France Hayley Platt looks at the challenges facing the flagship carriers.|

The French defense minister said warships that France had agreed to sell to Russia might never be delivered, drawing a response from the Russian foreign minister.|

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