31. July 2010.

Nicolas Sarkozy's Right-wing UMP suffers crushing defeat in French elections

French Right-wing party suffers crushing defeat in regional elections.

2010. March 21. 20:46

French mother 'relieved by truth' [BBC NEWS] Jul. 30. 18:07 A French mother who admitted killing eight of her newborn babies is relieved that her secret is finally out in the open, her lawyer says. French nurse with fear of doctors admits smothering babies [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 29. 18:01 Dominique Cottrez, a French nurse who killed eight of her babies over a 20 year period, had a fear of doctors she developed after a traumatic first pregnancy, it has emerged. Bodies of eight newborn babies found in French house [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 28. Couple arrested after the bodies of eight babies are found in a house and garden in a village in northern France. French police sent death threats [BBC NEWS] Jul. 27. Almost an entire detective squad in the French city of Grenoble is put on leave after officers were sent death threats. French roads put ours to shame [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 26. Honest John compares the state of the roads in France to our own. French commandos attack al-Qaeda kidnap gang [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 23. French commandos have attacked and"neutralised" an al-Qaeda kidnap gang plotting attacks from a base in the North African desert. French air traffic controllers strike [BBC NEWS] Jul. 21. French air traffic controllers have launched a strike that began on Tuesday night and is expected to cause the cancellation of many flights. French stars quizzed in sex probe [BBC NEWS] Jul. 20. French football star Franck Ribery is placed under formal judicial investigation for soliciting sex with an under-age prostitute. Four held after French shooting [BBC NEWS] Jul. 18. Police in Grenoble have arrested four people for attempted murder after a riot on Friday night in which shots were fired. Riot after French police shooting [BBC NEWS] Jul. 17. Riots rock the French city of Grenoble after police pursuing a gang of armed robbers shoot one man dead. Sir Alex Ferguson says Patrice Evra not to blame for French players' training boycott [Telegraph.co.uk] Jul. 16. Sir Alex Ferguson says it's wrong to blame Patrice Evra for French players' World Cup training boycott. Arrests in French heiress scandal [BBC NEWS] Jul. 15. Four people including a celebrity photographer are arrested in a tax-evasion investigation into France's richest woman.