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Rising star Gontran Cherrier has big plans to bring his baguettes to Britain
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France has vowed to retaliate against the United States for allegedly shutting Europe's aviation giant EADS out of a $50bn (£33.4bn) defence contract, warning of potential damage to the Atlantic alliance.
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The stakes in this month's vote go beyond the local trains, schools and training budgets controlled by the regional councils - especially for Royal, whom many suspect of planning a second run for French president in 2012.
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Philippe Berre, 56, spent five days working with local officials in Charron before he was recognised and caught by police.
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A candidate to head France's discrimination watchdog is "the wrong type of person" because of his Algerian roots and left-wing views, according to Gérard Longuet, a senior member of France's right-wing ruling UMP party
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A 50-year mystery over the 'cursed bread' of Pont-Saint-Esprit, which left residents suffering hallucinations, has been solved after a writer discovered the US had spiked the bread with LSD as part of an experiment.

