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Meningitis outbreak kills three on French Riviera

Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:28:00 +0100

An outbreak of a rare and deadly strain of Meningococcal meningitis in the south of France killed three people in two days over the weekend. Another teenager is in hospital. Local health officials have called the series of deaths “worrying.”

French teen 'attacked for wearing Muslim veil'

Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:09:00 +0200

France witnessed another apparent incident of violent Islamophobia on Tuesday, after it was reported that a 16-year-old girl in the suburbs of Paris was attacked and had her Islamic veil torn off her face.

Nuclear plant will be finished despite costs: PM

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:19:00 +0100

The French government remains committed to finishing a new-generation nuclear reactor despite new cost overruns, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says.

Socialists ride high in new poll

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:52:00 +0200

Newly-elected Socialist party candidate François Hollande will be cheered by two new polls that predict a clear victory over Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential elections.

French scientist wins Nobel medicine prize

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:29:00 +0200

Jules Hoffmann, a French biologist and former president of the French National Academy of Sciences, was among three scientists to win the 2011 Nobel prize for medicine for work on understanding how the immune system is activated.