Hollande taps Charlie Hebdo spirit for 'national unity' drive

By Mark John PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande sought on Thursday to capitalize on a sense of national unity inspired by last month's Islamist attacks in Paris and announced a new public service job scheme and initiatives in housing and education. Since the attacks, Hollande's poll ratings - pushed to a historic low of 13 percent by stubbornly low unemployment and by a struggling economy - have doubled. In a news conference marking the mid-point of an often chaotic f