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French president sees Russia as "friendly country"

PARIS -- France sees Russia is a friendly country, French President Francois Hollande has told the magazine Society in an interview.

"For me, Vladimir Putin is above all the president of Russia. When I talk to him, I talk to Russia, and it is a country I respect, a great country and a friendly country," said Hollande.

Lebanese Morgan Stanley banker Bernard Mourad is writing a play script focused on the time when George Papandreou was the socialist PASOK prime minister of Greece. According to newspaper Liberation, Mourad has the script ready and is collaborating with Mag & News Co to get it published.

Secretary of State John Kerry clasped French President Francois Hollande in a warm embrace Jan. 16 and said the US shared France's pain after its deadliest attack in half a century.
      
In an unusual move, Hollande trotted down the steps of the Elysee Palace to greet Kerry, who hugged the French president in front of a phalanx of photographers.
      

12 dead as Paris newspaper office comes under attack

PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande says France is in a state of shock after the attack on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo's office.

At least 12 people died in the attack, the latest reports from Paris said.

France's last remaining hostage, Serge Lazarevic, arrived home Wednesday after three years at the hands of Islamist militants, to be greeted by his family and French President Francois Hollande.
      

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy handily won the leadership of his right-wing UMP on Nov. 29, placing him firmly on the starting blocks in his race back to the presidential palace.
      

Their relationship has been the subject of endless rumours in Parisian society but photos published Friday of French President Francois Hollande and actress Julie Gayet have triggered a new mystery of how they were taken.
     

French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday wraps up months of commemorations of the centenary of World War I with the inauguration of a unique memorial carrying the names of nearly 600,000 fallen soldiers of all nationalities.
      

BRUSSELS - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will join numerous European leaders in Belgium on Tuesday at an event marking the 100 years since the First Battle of Ypres.

France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy has been charged with corruption and influence peddling, French prosecutors said July 2, a dramatic move in a criminal probe that could wreck his hopes of a political comeback.