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Blue, white and red French flag fleets in Nice, southeastern France, Tuesday, March 19, 2013.

France’s far-right leverages generals’ warning of ‘civil war’ ahead of elections

Global Politics

The letter was largely cast off as an outlandish stunt filled with baseless claims — until the far-right saw it as an opportunity.

France braces as it prepares for backlash over magazine’s publication of Mohammad cartoons

Lifestyle & Belief

Sarkozy first French incumbent president to lose in first round of elections

Global Politics

French Magazine Publishes Offensive Cartoons Depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad

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