Catching up on headlines from France

HERE is a quick look over some of the headlines that have been making the news in France in recent days.

Piecing together fate of Air France jet - BBC
The report by French crash investigators into the crash of an Air France plane in the Atlantic last month runs to 126 pages. It is remarkably detailed considering how few facts have so far been established.

France rugby star Mathieu Bastareaud tried suicide, says newspaper - Times Online
French media reports said the rugby player told friends that he was suicidal after being sent home from France’s tour to New Zealand and Australia. LÉquipe, the sporting daily, said he jumped into the Seine at the weekend.

French-Israeli spat over comments - BBC
Israel's foreign ministry has accused France of unacceptable meddling in its internal affairs over a reported comment by President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Cost of texting abroad comes down - BBC
A cap on the cost of sending a text message while abroad in the European Union comes into force for the first time.

New British £750 million electronic border control plan 'breaks EU law' - Times Online
Eurostar told the Commons Home Affairs select committee that under French law it was unlawful for anyone other than law enforcement agencies to collect the information.

Bribes, a bomb and the Sarkozy trail - Times Online
The trigger event is a 2002 suicide bomb attack on a bus full of French shipyard workers in Karachi.

National Front in run-off to take northern French town hall - France 24
France's far-right National Front party was in pole position to take its first town council in more than a decade after winning the first round of voting in Henin-Beaumont.

Student hoax wins magazine's top prize - The Independent
Guillaume Chauvin and Rémi Hubert, read out a statement admitting to the hoax, stating that they had wanted to make a "powerful artistic gesture" attacking the "voyeurism" and gullibility of parts of the press.

French fishermen hit back at stars' bid to save bluefin tuna - The Observer
Threat to livelihood sparks anger in Mediterranean port as celebrities campaign over plight of species.