The family of a French gunman who targeted a Jewish school and was later shot dead by police filed a lawsuit on Monday suggesting he was effectively murdered.

Prosecutors say Mohamed Merah was a rad

Shamed former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn once tried to seduce France’s new First Lady Valerie Trierweiler, but she snubbed him, a new book has claimed.

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French President Francois Hollande's Socialists and allies came out on top in Sunday's first round parliamentary elections, poised to secure the majority needed to push through tax-and-spend reforms.

Eurozone finance ministers rushed Spain into an EU-funded rescue for its debt-stricken banks to pre-empt the threat of a bank run if Greece's debt crisis flares again but any respite for Madrid and th

Rafael Nadal clinched a record seventh French Open title on Monday, defeating world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 and shattering the Serb's dream of Grand Slam history.

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Rafael Nadal clinched a record seventh French Open title on Monday, defeating world number one Novak Djokovic 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 and shattering the Serb's dream of Grand Slam history.

Novak Djokovic has won 27 matches in a row at Grand Slam tournaments. If he can make that 28 by beating Rafael Nadal in Sunday's French Open final, Djokovic will earn a fourth consecutive major title,

Rain halted the French Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic on Sunday for a second time at 6:50 pm local time (1650 GMT) with the Spaniard leading 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 1-2.

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Russia's Maria Sharapova became the 10th woman in tennis history to win all four Grand Slam titles on Saturday when she defeated Italy's Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2 in the French Open final.

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Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles title at the French Open on Thursday, defeating Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland 7-6 (7/3), 6-1 in the final.

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