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David Villa and Sergio Ramos scored first-half goals to lead European champion Spain to its first victory at France in 42 years, 2-0 Wednesday night in a World Cup warmup. Villa scored his 36th international goal in the 21st minute after being set up by...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) -David Villa and Sergio Ramos scored first-half goals as European champion Spain beat France 2-0 away in a friendly match on Wednesday.

* Spain outplay France with two first-half goals

The Spanish public could miss out on Spain's mouth-watering friendly fixture against France today in Paris.

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Workers are searching for survivors in homes submerged by floodwaters after a deadly storm battered France's Atlantic coast this weekend.

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Agathe Habyarimana, widow of assassinated Rwandan president Juvenal Habyarimana, was arrested in Paris early Tuesday and subsequently released on bail. Habyarimana is accused by Rwandan authorities of helping to plan the country’s 1994 genocide.

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French Justice Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie is defending a controversial reform of France's criminal procedure, which would include scrapping the country's longstanding tradition of investigating magistrates.