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FRANCE
France are the bugbear of the All Blacks when it comes to the Rugby World Cup and that has the All Blacks on edge.
France impressed at Lansdowne Road with their second straight win over Ireland in 2 weekends ahead of Rugby World Cup.
The speculative practice of short-selling will be restricted in some European countries to combat "false rumours" that have destabilised the markets.
After Societe Generale crashed by more than 20%, French authorities are scrutinising trading in bank shares.
France have beaten Wales convincingly to finish second in the Six Nations, redeeming themselves after a shock defeat to Italy.
The French government wants to win the support of President Jacob Zuma over a number of issues during his state visit.
Dimitri Yachvili landed 19 points with the boot as Six Nations Grand Slam champions France beat Fiji in torrid weather conditions.
Fiji coach Sam Domoni has decided to delay naming his team to take on France in a Test match, team officials said.
Strikes have started in France as unions gear up for a nationwide general stoppage to protest against plans to raise the minimum retirement age to 62.
The French football federation has opened a disciplinary case against five of the players who went on strike at the World Cup.
Nicolas Anelka is suing sports daily L'Equipe for slander over a report he insulted France manager Raymond Domenech at the SWC.
French football federation president Jean-Pierre Escalettes has launched an investigation into the national team players' strike.
Nicolas Anelka has described the tensions between the France SWC squad and their coach as a timebomb waiting to go off.
Laurent Blanc has promised to usher in a new era for Les Bleus after they were plunged into the darkest days of their history.
It has long been seen as a magic number, but the number 10 shirt has failed to live up to its star billing at the SWC.
