France warned it could lose credit rating - papers

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As the US continues to teeter on the brink of default, France has been dragged into the global financial crisis and Germany warns the Greek bailout was a one-off…we bring you all the top stories from the nationals.

High anxiety over a possible default by the United States on its mountainous debt was undiminished last night, amid further wrangling on Capitol Hill on a possible way out of the crisis, with Republicans still pitted against Democrats and even against each other. More... France was dragged into the global financial crisis last night with warnings it could be stripped of its top-notch credit rating without ‘more efforts' to tackle its debts. More...

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