3.5 million French people badly housed, Google fined and more

RPT FRA 01.02.12 Housing crisis in France
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A LOOK over some of the headlines from France.

French court upholds Scientology fraud conviction
A French appeals court on Thursday upheld the Church of Scientology's 2009 fraud conviction on charges it pressured members into paying large sums for questionable remedies.

French court fines Google maps for unfair trading
A French court has found Google guilty of abusing its monopoly position by offering Google Maps free of charge.

French chef takes on country's rise in junk food
A leading French chef has warned that 70 per cent of the country's restaurant food is now 'industrial fodder' as he launched a Jamie Oliver-style crusade against junk food.

Nadine Morano, Nicolas Sarkozy's super-sniper, takes on all comers
The tweet-happy, much-mocked junior minister is the last woman standing in the frontline for the unpopular president.

Nicolas Sarkozy 'spent £30,000 of taxpayers' money to repatriate son from Ukraine'
Nicolas Sarkozy spent almost £30,000 of French taxpayers' money to repatriate his son from Ukraine on a military jet after he fell ill with food poisoning, it was claimed.

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