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Summer camp's 'polluted water' leaves boy dead

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 13:42:00 +0200

A probe has been launched after a young boy died and up to ten other children were left sick after visiting a French holiday camp, where the tap water was known to be contaminated. Several children and adults also fell ill at a separate summer camp in Brittany.

Woman's body found at home 6 years after death

Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:31:00 +0200

A French woman lay dead in her apartment for six years before a water leak led firefighters to stumble upon her skeleton this week. The macabre discovery comes on the heels of a report revealing the alarming number of elderly French people living in isolation.

Boyfriend panics, 'buries Frenchwoman alive'

Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:45:00 +0200

A French woman died in Morocco after her panicking love interest, whom she'd recently met online, buried her alive but unconscious during a diabetic episode, according to media reports on Monday.

Two killed in crashes on French ski slopes

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 11:57:00 +0100

It proved to be a deadly weekend on French ski slopes as a 13-year-old boy and a 53-year-old man were killed in separate crashes. At least one of the victims appears to have been wearing a helmet.

Paris blaze leaves three young sisters dead

Sat, 15 Feb 2014 09:45:00 +0100

Three young sisters died Friday in a fire which engulfed their apartment in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, injuring seven others including several firefighters, officials said.

French woman stabs her husband 318 times

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:37:00 +0100

A woman is behind bars in France after admitting stabbing her husband with a knife over 300 times, reports said on Tuesday. The accused woman has refused to tell police why she committed the crazed attack.

French, German leaders to jointly mark WWI dead

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 13:25:00 +0100

Presidents of one-time adversaries France and Germany will stand together to honor those killed in the 'Great War' when the two countries mark the 100th anniversary of WW1 that killed millions in August this year.

Ceiling stain reveals corpse rotting on toilet

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:11:00 +0100

The partially decomposed body of a man has been found in the toilet of his flat after the family living downstairs complained of a bad smell and a strange leak in their dining room.

Lille man found dead in bed after 15 years

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:39:00 +0200

Authorities in the town of Lille have found the body of a man who had been dead for 15 years in his home.

'Sleeping' man had been dead for two weeks

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:08:00 +0200

A man in his eighties who had been laying dead in his bed for up to two weeks was presumed to be sleeping by his wife and son.

Baby killed in Parisian cement mixer accident

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:34:00 +0100

A baby girl has died in Paris after being hit by a cement mixer which was reversing through a red light.