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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

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

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

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

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

French Magazine Publishes Offensive Cartoons Depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad

French Magazine Publishes Offensive Cartoons Depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad

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

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