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PARIS (AP) Raymond Domenech will stay on as France coach despite a humiliating first-round exit at last month's European Championship, the French federation said Thursday.

The decision - taken at a Paris meeting between FFF president Jean-Pierre Escalettes and several council members - means the 56-year-old Domenech gets a chance to lead Les Bleus to the 2010 World Cup.

The FFF president said he did not want to make a rash decision based on the public outcry that followed Euro 2008.

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