France’s military deliberately exposed soldiers to a nuclear test in the Sahara Desert to study how the atomic bomb would affect their bodies and minds, it has been reported.

French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand is facing calls for his sacking over a growing scandal involving an old admission that he had paid for sex with boys.

FRENCH government spokesman Luc Chatel indicated that protection of “indications of geographical origin” might have been their main worry in the failed WTO talks.

PROSPECTS for a deal at the world trade talks suffered a setback yesterday when France warned that the current proposals were not acceptable.

A FRENCH “right to die” advocate who was refused permission for an assisted suicide has been found dead in the latest twist to a drama that has reopened a euthanasia debate the country thought it had concluded three years ago.

THE French consumer affairs minister, Luc Chatel, has questioned why food prices always go up and never come down. He said he’s seen milk prices fall 25% in the past, but has never seen the price of yoghurt fall 25%.