A Paris court has found Google guilty of copyright infringement in a ruling which could have ramifications for its plans to digitise the world's books.

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A Roman sarcophagus panel that once belonged to French writer Emile Zola has sold for well over its estimated value, going for $US1.5 million ($1.63 million), auction house Sotheby's said.

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A British officer who trained French Resistance fighters during World War II was told to "go home" by Charles de Gaulle, newly released files show.

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A French court has convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud, but stopped short of banning the group from operating in France.

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The son of ex-French President Francois Mitterrand and an ex-government minister have been convicted for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola.

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A retired accountant whose daughter was killed 27 years ago was facing charges last night over the alleged abduction of the man he always blamed for her death. The man was left bound, gagged and injured outside a French courtroom.

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In a great blow for consumers everywhere, the prospect of 3-strikes for copyright infringers has returned with a vengeance, as both the EU Council and French Constitutional court pushed forward with their respective legislation.

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French riot police have evacuated at least 150 Afghan boys and men from the "jungle", a makeshift migrant camp on the Channel coast.

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A French court has found eBay responsible for brand counterfeiting and ordered the online marketplace operator to pay the luxury group LVMH euro80,000 ($118,000) compensation for damages caused to famous perfume brands like Christian Dior and Kenzo.

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After its initial adoption in May, the original version of the "3 strikes" Hadopi anti-piracy legislation was struck down by France's highest legal authority after declaring the proposals unconstitutional.

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There has been traffic chaos in two Paris suburbs after their feuding mayors declared the same busy road one-way, but in opposite directions.

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France has secured the names and details of some 3,000 suspected tax evaders with Swiss bank accounts in what the budget minister described as a first in its battle against banking secrecy.

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One of two French security advisers kidnapped by insurgents in Somalia last month escaped yesterday after killing three of his captors and fleeing to the presidential palace in Mogadishu, police said.

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A French town has banned circus elephants from bathing at its beaches over concerns the animals' excrement could pollute the water and pose a health hazard to other swimmers.

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A retired schoolteacher from France has been trampled to death by wild elephants in southern India, forest officials say.

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He had been hopping around the French countryside for the past 10 days, but wildlife authorities finally caught up with Will the kangaroo in a village in the south-west.

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TWO volunteer firefighters have admitted starting fires to boost their pay. The men, aged 22 and 25 face 15 years in prison for setting fires to earn a €19 and €38 call out bonus.

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FRENCH police called off their search for a woman who threw herself in front of a speeding train when they found that she had dragged herself home and gone to bed.

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A French robber was found dead in a graveyard in the south-western Dordogne region, struck by a heart attack as he chiselled religious symbols off a tombstone, officials said.

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It's a guaranteed way for an aspiring movie starlet to win herself some free exposure, parading semi-nude at Cannes, but attention seekers now have to be sure to at least keep their knickers on.

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Workers at collapsed French car parts maker New Fabris have threatened to blow up their factory if they do not receive payouts from auto groups Renault and Peugeot to compensate for their lost jobs by July 31.

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THE ambitious project to exhume, identify and reinter 400 British and Australian soldiers forgotten for 90 years in a mass grave in a field in France is in crisis after the Department of Defence chose a cut-price, commercial archaeological firm.

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It was the story of an e-mail heard around the world. You may remember Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim who expressed opposition in an e-mail to his member of parliament.

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After the electoral success of Sweden's Pirate Party earlier this month, Pirate Parties are a-popping in Europe. The newest ones have appeared in France and the Czech Republic over the last few weeks.

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The brain represents tools as extensions to the body, according to researchers writing in Current Biology.

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