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Who threw stuff—a massive amount. He flung on the floor Needles galore. Voila! Pi leaped out of the ground! All right, leave aside the virtues or otherwise of my thoroughly amateur limerick. There was ...

The sperm count of French men plunged by a third between 1989 and 2005, a finding which fuels concern that environmental pollutants or lifestyle are crimping fertility, scientists said on Wednesday.

School children wave French flags, but should authorities be allowed to label them on ethnic grounds? Photo: AFP A far-right French mayor caused one heck of a hullaballoo this week when he admitted ...