Pressure mounts on France's Fillon as party lawmakers rebel

By Emile Picy PARIS (Reuters) - French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon faced a fresh party rebellion on Tuesday after some 40 lawmakers demanded a "crisis" meeting to discuss his fate amid fears a fake work scandal could derail their bid to win the election. Fillon, once the election frontrunner, has been fighting to keep his campaign alive and has said he will only step down if he is put under formal investigation. Over the past week he had appeared to rally his party, but F