The race is on in France as old rivals Martine Aubry and François Hollande take each other on in the Socialist primaries. Next, the first victim of the crisis, Franco-Belgian bank Dexia, gets bailed out. Finally, les Bleus get ready to take on Wales in next weekend's rugby World Cup semi-final in New Zealand.
An Ariane rocket carrying a French military spy satellite, the Helios 2B, took off from the European Space Agency launch-pad in Kourou, French Guiana, on Friday, heralding a new push by France for independent access to space intelligence.
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