The Church of Scientology and seven of its French leaders went on trial on Monday on charges of organised fraud.
Ferrari hit back on Wednesday after a French court rejected their bid to prevent Formula One’s governing body introducing controversial new rules.
The current economic crisis will have severe consequences for the African continent, according to the 2009 African Economic Outlook issued on Monday.
My son Luca was about three days old when the pretty nurse left a white slip of paper on my hospital bed. "What’s this?" I said, confused.
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/ 16 December 2008
Police found a bundle of dynamite in a major Paris department store on Tuesday after Agence France-Presse received a letter from an unknown group.
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/ 9 December 2008
MySpace is teaming up with internet search leader Google to extend MySpace’s reach and counter the expansion of their common rival, Facebook.
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/ 5 December 2008
Armed robbers pulled off one of the world’s biggest jewellery heists at a famed Paris store, investigators said on Friday.
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/ 28 November 2008
It would be easy see the Springboks’ demolition of England as the yardstick of their first year as world champions. Easy, but wrong.
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/ 25 November 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is hoping to make inroads into Brazil’s emerging oil and defence industries during a visit there this week.
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/ 24 November 2008
The Wallabies have dodged the guillotine in winning their first rugby international in France in eight years.
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/ 20 November 2008
A top official has been transferred to France in connection with the death of Rwanda’s former president
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/ 19 November 2008
The Springboks head into their final Test of 2008 seeking a morale-boosting victory against England on Saturday.
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/ 9 November 2008
If Jean-Claude Lefevre puts both spaghetti bolognese and kidneys on the day’s menu, he knows he will get twice as many takers for the spaghetti.
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/ 7 November 2008
Parisians may have gone Vélib’ mad, but cycling in the city can be scary. Resident Agnes Poirier finds a quiet route via the best bistros and markets.
Thanks to a popular vote, Canada and China are the most heavily represented nations in a new global edition of Monopoly.
Even viruses can go down with a viral infection, French scientists reported on Wednesday.
Take an elderly anarchist, anti-capitalist, anti-clerical cartoonist and add a suspicion of anti-Semitism and a dash of politics.
The world’s most visited museum will have Europe’s biggest purpose-built exhibition space for an Islamic art collection.
The Eiffel Tower is to bring in online ticketing in a bid to slash waiting times of up to two hours for its seven million annual visitors.
Nicolas Sarkozy may be a teetotaller, but his wife’s much awaited ballad suggests he gives her even stronger stuff.
Rafael Nadal produced a flawless exhibition of claycourt tennis to demolish world number one Roger Federer 6-1 6-3 6-0 on Sunday and win his fourth straight French Open title.
Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic claimed her maiden grand slam title when she beat Russian 13th seed Dinara Safina 6-4 6-3 in the French Open final on Saturday.
Roger Federer said victory over Rafael Nadal in the final of the French Open on Sunday would be the crowning moment of his career.
Spaniard Rafael Nadal withstood a late fightback by Novak Djokovic to beat the world number three 6-4 6-2 7-6 at the French Open on Friday.
Dinara Safina spared herself yet another drama to book her first grand slam final place when she saw off fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal on Thursday.
For once, Dinara Safina chose not to use up one of her ”many lives” on Thursday and swept into a French Open final against the new queen of women’s tennis.
Gael Monfils, riding a wave of passionate French support, and Novak Djokovic, the world’s best player in 2008, plan to derail Roger Federer’s and Rafael Nadal’s French Open semifinal ambitions.
Max Mosley will remain president of Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, after winning a vote of confidence on Tuesday from its members following his involvement in a sado-masochist sex scandal. FIA announced that Mosley had won 103 of 169 votes cast during an extraordinary general assembly at FIA headquarters in Paris.
Gael Monfils has found himself with the hopes of a nation on his shoulders after he blasted his way into the quarterfinals of the French Open on Monday with a four-set win over Ivan Ljubicic. No Frenchman has won at Roland Garros since Yannick Noah’s emotional triumph in 1983.
Top seed Roger Federer set up a French Open quarterfinal against old rival Fernando Gonzalez on Monday but he was below par in a 6-4, 7-5, 7-5 win over Frenchman Julien Benneteau in a rain-hit tie. Gonzalez had looked impressive earlier in the day when he swept past the final American, Robby Ginepri, in straight sets 7-6 (7/4), 6-3, 6-1.
Top seeds Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova both moved smoothly into the last 16 at the French Open on Saturday. Federer outplayed close friend Mario Ancic of Croatia, winning 6-3, 6-4 6-2 in cool, rainy, evening conditions on the Philippe Chatrier Centre Court. Earlier in the day, Sharapova defeated Italy’s Karin Knapp 7-6 (7/4), 6-0.
The Williams bandwagon rolled out of Roland Garros on Friday when sisters Venus and Serena were humbled in the third round by a pair of tenacious opponents who never lost belief. A day after the French Open lost three top-10 seeds, 2002 champion Serena joined them at the exit squeue as he roared and screamed her way to a 6-4 6-4 mauling by Katarina Srebotnik.