Miss France keeps crown after photo controversy
433175
Miss France 2008 has kept her crown,  contest organizers said on Friday, after a row over suggestive  photographs that saw members of parliament, a bishop and the  minister for overseas territories spring to her defense.
281397
Three photographers who took pictures of  Britain's Princess Diana and her friend Dodi al Fayed on the  night of their fatal 1997 car crash did not break French  privacy laws, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.
588510
Moscow: Moscow-born Tatiana Golovin kept alive Franceâs hopes of retaining the Fed Cup title by crushing US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-1 in the second reverse singles on Sunday.
257491
France is awarded the gold medal in the three-day equestrian team event after winning an appeal with Britain and the United States against an earlier decision that gave the victory to Germany.
741344
French weekly magazine Paris Match touches up a photograph of President Nicolas Sarkozy's "love handles".
150245
PARIS A fragile truce between the government and Islamic organizations in France over the country&#39;s ban of Muslim head scarves in public schools appeared to hold Wednesday even though five female students have been expelled from schools for refusing to
268805
A raven-haired Miss Japan, Riyo  Mori, was crowned Miss Universe 2007 on Monday in a contest  marked by protests, a banned dress and the withdrawal of one  beauty queen on the grounds the pageant degrades women.
689569
France's Segolene Royal stood accused of a fresh campaign blunder Wednesday after one of her top advisers disowned a text in which she harshly attacks President Jacques Chirac's Africa policy.Comment
760667
The Renault driver won the Race of Champions at the Stade de France last weekendâ¦ against illustrious opposition!
281921
ATHENS, Greece - Women's road cycling silver medalist Judith Arndt won't be suspended for making an obscene gesture as she crossed the finish line, the leader of the German Olympic delegation said Monday.    Arndt directed the gesture at German cycling officials on Sunday, upset because they didn't put her close friend Petra Rossner on the Olympic team...
2101
France will maintain its ban on Muslim scarves and other signs of religious belief in state schools, ignoring demands by the Iraqi kidnappers of two French reporters, government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope said.
735334
Lifestyle: 13 November 2004, Saturday. Laura Slavova swept the crown at the prestigious pageant Visage Models 2004 that took place behind closed doors at Grand Hotel Sofia Saturday evening.
661908
A French Muslim delegation in Iraq said Thursday they had proof that two French hostages held by Islamic militants were alive, even though France refused to lift a ban on Muslim headscarves as the school year ...
747122
Jacques Chirac's tenure in public office in France has been legendary despite questions over his political acumen.
151132
Photos of French presidential contender Segolene Royal in a bikini are seen as trivialising politics.
249390
She lost an election. Now S&#201;gol&#200;ne Royal has shed a mate. In France the marital exploits of the nation's pols are becoming fair game
294249
Anastasia Myskina kept Russia&#39;s Fed Cup hopes alive by beating Moscow-born Tatiana Golovin 6-4, 7-6, in the second singles of the competition final against holders France on Saturday, leveling the score at 1-1.