French President Francois Hollande has paid his respects to the fallen of the First World War on Paris’ Champs Elysees avenue for Armistice Day.

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FRANCE’S President Nicolas Sarkozy was rushed to hospital yesterday after suffering a “minor” nervous complaint while jogging at his woodland weekend retreat outside Paris, officials said.

Paris escaped renewed urban violence overnight but 374 vehicles were set alight elsewhere in France, according to police reports.