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Campaign goes down to the wire
Nicolas Sarkozy has been ahead in the polls for four months. With many French voters still undecided, the other candidates are focusing their endgame attacks on him.
0 Read More9/11: French intelligence warned US
French newspaper Le Monde reports French intelligence agencies issued a warning to the CIA eight months before the September 11 plot. International Affairs editor Robert Parsons analyses the latest development.
0 Read MoreSecurity tight at Le Pen rally
Security is tight as far right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen addresses his supporters. And as election day draws closer France is on red alert. (Report: C. Casali)
0 Read MoreEx-UN envoy calls for centre-left alliance
Could a centre-left pact tip the scales in the French presidential election? Prominent Socialist Bernard Kouchner has added his voice to calls for an alliance against rightwing frontrunner Nicolas Sarkozy.
0 Read MoreKabul won't talk to Taliban on French hostages
The Afghan foreign minister has talked tough on the Taliban, saying that cutting a deal with "criminals" to secure the release of French hostages is out of the question. (Report: A. Georgian)
0 Read MoreMuslim organisation surveys political horizon
With a week to go until the first round of the presidential election, France’s biggest Muslim organisation holds a conference – and decides not to back any single candidate.
0 Read MoreBetween Socialists and the far-left
With a divided far-left to one side, the Socialist Party calls for a ‘useful vote’ in the first round. How will the left-leaning electorate react?
0 Read MoreCandidates look at 'working hours' crisis
What new rules will regiment the workplace if the right or left prevail after the French Presidential elections? France 24 reviews the main candidates’ proposals.
0 Read MoreEx-PM calls for 'anything but Sarko' alliance
France’s former Prime Minister Michel Rocard has called for an alliance between socialist Segolene Royal and centrist Francois Bayrou, to stop Nicolas Sarkozy winning. (Report: N. Charbit)
0 Read MoreAlgiers attacks remind France of terror threat
Deadly suicide bombings in the Algerian capital have served as a reminder of the terrorist groups with roots in the country who count France among their enemies.
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